geyser

Word family noungeysergeyserite

Related topics: Nature, Geography, House, Geology

ldoce_133_bgey·ser /ˈɡiːzə $ ˈɡaɪzər/ noun [countableC] → geezer

1. DNSGa natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground 间歇泉 →5 See picture of GEYSER 间歇泉 →4 See picture of 见图 geyser

British EnglishBrEDHH a machine fixed to a wall over a bath or sink and used for heating water 热水器

Examples from the Corpus

geyser• The moment I saw Narendra all the repressed speech of the previous weeks came out like sulphurous gas from a geyser.• It exploded as he hit the water, sending a geyser of water and blood into the air.• The lake is noted for its hot springs, steam jets and geysers.• Upstairs were four bedrooms and a bathroom, with hot water being supplied via a gas geyser.• The bullets sent up muddy geysers from the paddy water as they raged toward the group.• The sensation was one of blood distending the veins until they were about to release geysers of the dark red liquid.• That geyser dominated the bathroom like a ferocious monster.

Origin geyser

(1700-1800) Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring in Iceland, from geysa “to flow out quickly”

单词	geyser
释义	geyser Word family noungeysergeyserite Related topics: Nature, Geography, House, Geology ldoce_133_bgey·ser /ˈɡiːzə $ ˈɡaɪzər/ noun [countableC] → geezer 1. DNSGa natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground 间歇泉 →5 See picture of GEYSER 间歇泉 →4 See picture of 见图 geyser 2. British EnglishBrEDHH a machine fixed to a wall over a bath or sink and used for heating water 热水器 Examples from the Corpus geyser• The moment I saw Narendra all the repressed speech of the previous weeks came out like sulphurous gas from a geyser.• It exploded as he hit the water, sending a geyser of water and blood into the air.• The lake is noted for its hot springs, steam jets and geysers.• Upstairs were four bedrooms and a bathroom, with hot water being supplied via a gas geyser.• The bullets sent up muddy geysers from the paddy water as they raged toward the group.• The sensation was one of blood distending the veins until they were about to release geysers of the dark red liquid.• That geyser dominated the bathroom like a ferocious monster. Origin geyser (1700-1800) Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring in Iceland, from geysa “to flow out quickly”
随便看	within ten years either way within the purview of within the purview of sb within the purview of somebody within the purview of something within the purview of sth within the realms of possibility within two feet either way within two feet/ten years etc either way with-it with it with it withit with knobs on with/knowing somebody's luck with last breath with legs akimbo (with) legs akimbo with luck with malice aforethought with me with menaces with military precision with nose in the air with one accord