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1. Oxford Dictionary

   pump

   • IPA[pʌmp]

   英式

   • n.
     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
   • v.
     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

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   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

   v.

   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 force, drive, push, send, transport, ... 更多raise, inject, suck, draw, tap, milk, siphon, withdraw, expel, extract, bleed, drain
   • ▪ move in spurts as though driven by a pump blood was pumping from a wound in his shoulder 同義詞 spurt, spout, squirt, jet, surge, ... 更多spew, gush, stream, flow, flood, pour, spill, rush, well, cascade, run, course, discharge, informalsloosh, raredisembogue
   • 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 inflate, blow up, swell, aerate, fill up, ... 更多enlarge, distend, expand, dilate, bloat, puff up, raretumefy反義詞 deflate
   • ▪ 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 ask, question (persistently/intensely), quiz, interrogate, probe, ... 更多put questions to, sound out, cross-examine, catechize, informalgrill, put the screws on, give someone the third degree, put someone through the third degree, put someone through the wringer/mangle, worm something out of someone

   片語

   • pump someone's hand
   • pump iron
   • under the pump
   • pump into
   • pump out
   • pump up