| 单词 | safety valve |
| 释义 | safety valveWord family adverbsafelynounsafenesssafetysafeguardsafe havensafe housesafekeepingsafe sexsafety beltsafety catchsafety curtainsafety glasssafety lampsafety matchsafety netsafety officersafety pinsafety razorsafety valveadjectivesafe Engineering, Psychology, psychiatry ˈsafety valve noun [countableC] 1. TEa part of a machine that allows gas, steam etc to escape when the pressure becomes too great 〔机器的〕安全阀 2 MPsomething that allows you to get rid of strong feelings without doing any harm 疏导情绪的方法，排解情绪的途径 Being able to express emotion is a healthy safety valve for the relationship. 能够把情感表达出来是两性关系中健康的排解方法。 Examples from the Corpus safety valve• Do these eruptions act as a safety valve or will they lead to a cataclysm?• So far the devaluation has acted as a safety valve for the most immediate pressures.• Fortuitously, the advancing Union forces operated as a safety valve.• Humor can be a safety valve in high pressure situations.• Then an interesting phenomenon takes place: they become a safety valve.• It is a safety valve, you might say a brothel of the mind.• Sometimes, a safety valve may be fitted into the boiler flow pipe; a draincock is always fitted in the return. From Longman Business Dictionary safety valveˈsafety valve noun [countableC] a small part on a machine that opens to let out steam or pressure when it becomes too great the safety valve device on the boiler |
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