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- Medicine a tube with a nozzle and piston or bulb for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thin stream, used for cleaning wounds or body cavities, or fitted with a hollow needle for injecting or withdrawing fluids【医】注射器。
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- any similar device used in gardening or cooking(园艺或烹饪中的)喷射器, 冲洗器。
(syringing)with obj.
1- spray liquid into (the ear or a wound) with a syringe用注射器向(耳朵, 伤口)喷射:
I had my ears syringed.
我耳朵被灌洗了。
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- spray liquid over (plants) with a syringe用喷射器(在植物上)喷洒(液体):
syringe the leaves frequently during warm weather.
在温暖天气里要经常向叶子上喷水。
词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin syringa, from syrinx (see SYRINX).