1 N-COUNT 泵;抽水机;打气筒 A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction. 泵;抽水机;打气筒
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...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine.
使燃料在发动机内循环的泵
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There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard.
楼里没有水,只是在庭院里有个水泵。
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You'll need a bicycle pump to keep the tyres topped up with air.
需要一个打气筒来给自行车轮胎里充足气。
2 VERB 抽吸;抽运;泵送 To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump. 抽吸;抽运;泵送
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It's not enough to get rid of raw sewage by pumping it out to sea. [VERB noun with adv.]
将未经处理的污水排入海中了事是不够的。
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The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake. [VERB noun prep.]
所筹资金将用于钻孔打水以抽水到干涸的湖中。
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...drill rigs that are busy pumping natural gas. [VERB noun]
不停抽取天然气的架式钻机
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Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion. [VERB]
随着年龄的增加,人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。
SYN drive out, empty, drain, force out
3 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] (汽油)加油泵 A petrol or gas pump is a machine with a tube attached to it that you use to fill a car with petrol. (汽油)加油泵
4 VERB [usually passive] 洗(胃) If someone has their stomach pumped, doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example because they have swallowed poison or drugs. 洗(胃) [Also be VERB-ed]
5 VERB 大量投入;大量注入 If you pump money or other resources into something such as a project or an industry, you invest a lot of money or resources in it. 大量投入;大量注入 [informal]
SYN supply, send, pour, inject
6 VERB 不停地追问 If you pump someone about something, you keep asking them questions in order to get information. 不停地追问 [informal]
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He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case. [V n + about/for]
他每隔五分钟就跑来追问我这件事。
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He must have pumped Janey for details. [V n about/for n]
他肯定追问过珍妮详细的情况。
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Stop trying to pump information out of me. [V n + out of/from]
别再追问我消息了。
SYN interrogate, probe, quiz, cross-examine
7 VERB 接连发射;快速连射 To pump bullets into someone means to fire a lot of bullets into them very quickly. 接连发射;快速连射 [written]
SYN fire, shoot, discharge, let off
8 N-COUNT (运动或休闲时穿的)橡胶底帆布鞋 Pumps are canvas shoes with flat rubber soles which people wear for sports and leisure. (运动或休闲时穿的)橡胶底帆布鞋 [mainly British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 trainers
9 N-COUNT (通常皮制的)女式浅口鞋 Pumps are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather. (通常皮制的)女式浅口鞋 [US]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 court shoes
10 PHRASE 刺激(经济等的)发展 To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy. 刺激(经济等的)发展 [mainly US]
11 to pump iron→see: iron
Phrasal verbs: - pump outpump up
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