搜尋結果
pump
- IPA[pʌmp]
英式
- a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tyres;an instance of moving something by or as if by a pump
- force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump;move in spurts as though driven by a pump
verb: pump, 3rd person present: pumps, gerund or present participle: pumping, past tense: pumped, past participle: pumped
noun: pump, plural noun: pumps
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tyres a petrol pump
- ▪ an instance of moving something by or as if by a pump the pump of blood to her heart
- 2. an active transport mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through the cell membrane against a concentration gradient the bacterium's sodium pump
- 3. US a pump-action shotgun the shotgun was a 12-gauge pump
動詞
- 1. force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump the blood is pumped around the body 同義詞
- ▪ move in spurts as though driven by a pump blood was pumping from a wound in his shoulder 同義詞
- 2. draw (milk) from the breast using a breast pump, typically in order to feed a baby by means of a bottle she struggled with pumping enough milk I've exclusively pumped for my youngest
- 3. fill (something such as a tyre or balloon) with liquid or gas using a pump I pumped the tyres and oiled the chain my veins had been pumped full of glucose 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ informal shoot (bullets) into (a target) he pumped two shots into the van's front tyre
- 4. move vigorously up and down we had to pump the handle like mad that's superb running—look at his legs pumping
- ▪ apply and release (a brake pedal or lever) several times in quick succession, typically to prevent skidding the school teaches its students to brake by pumping the pedal
- 5. informal try to elicit information from (someone) by persistent questioning she began to pump her friend for details I pumped him about his political activities 同義詞