单词 | pump-well |
释义 | ˈpump-well a. A casing or compartment in a ship in which the pumps work; the ‘well’ of a ship. b. A well having a pump combined with it; a receptacle in which water is collected to be removed by pumping. a. [1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 11 The Pumpe, the pumpes-well.] 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Archipompe, the pump-well. 1799Hull Advertiser 28 Dec. 3/3 The unhappy man was found suspended in the pump-well of the ship. b.1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. i. 358 If a running stream cannot be obtained..a pump-well..may supply its place. 1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. viii, A nose like the handle of a pumpwell. 1882Rep. to Ho. Repr. on Prec. Metals of U.S. 652 The rest..is..collected by pipes into the pump-well, whence it is pumped up back to the supply tanks, near the pans. 1885R. L. & F. Stevenson Dynamiter xiii. 197 A pump-well that ran poison. |

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