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单词 geyser
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geyser

/ˈgaɪzə(r)/
1
a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air
间歇(喷)泉, 间歇向空中喷水柱和蒸汽柱的天然温泉。
1.1
a jet or stream of liquid
(液体)喷柱:

the pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street.

管道中污水形成水柱向街面喷去。

2
2.1
/ˈgiːzə(r)/
Brit. a gas-fired water heater through which water flows as it is rapidly heated
〈英〉燃气热水器。
2.2
S. African a hot-water storage tank with an electric heating element
〈南非〉(有电热装置的)热水储水罐。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
(especially of water or steam) gush or burst out with great force
(尤指水或蒸汽)喷涌; 喷射:

a fissure opened and yellow smoke geysered upward.

一道缝裂开, 黄烟向上喷涌而出。

词源
late 18th cent.: from Icelandic Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland; related to geysa 'to gush'.
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