| 单词 | cylinder |
| 释义 | cylinderWord family adjectivecylindraceouscylindriccylindriformadverbcylindricallynouncylindricitycylindritecylindroidcylinder Shapes, patterns, Engineering cyl·in·der /ˈsɪləndə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 CFa shape, object, or container with circular ends and long straight sides 圆柱体；圆筒 → tube The gases are stored in cylinders. →5 see picture at 见图 shape1 气体储存在圆筒内。 2 TEthe tube within which a piston moves forwards and backwards in an engine 〔引擎的〕汽缸 a four-cylinder engine 四汽缸引擎 3 be firing/running on all cylinders informal to be operating or performing very well 竭尽全力，开足马力 The team is firing on all cylinders. 球队正全力以赴。 Examples from the Corpus be firing/running on all cylinders• The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders.• This company is firing on all cylinders.• Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders, your cortex is turning somersaults. Examples from the Corpus cylinder• a cylinder of oxygen• Existing direct cylinders can be upgraded to indirect - see below.• Teesside trains were also stopped when firemen discovered a gas cylinder near the fire.• It met the wood in massive cylinders, thirteen feet across, made of inch-thick wrought-iron plates riveted together.• The secret is to divide the number of cylinders by 2 and double the number of heads.• Atmospheric pressure then forced the piston down the cylinder in which it was sitting.• The cylinders, it was claimed, were designed to be fitted together to form the barrel of a giant 40-metre gun. (1500-1600) Latin cylindrus, from Greek, from kylindein “to roll” |
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