| 单词 |
airless |
| 释义 |
airless, a.|ˈɛəlɪs|
[air n. + -less.]
1. a. strictly, Void of air; Hence b. Not open to the air, stuffy; c. Breezeless, still.
1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. iii. 94 Nor Stonie Tower, nor Walls of beaten brasse, Nor ayrelesse Dungeon. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) I. 232 In airless space her movements would be more rapid. 1847J. Wilson Chr. North I. 244 Asleep in the airless sunshine. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. I. xi. 176 It had an airless smell that was oppressive. 1876Buckley Hist. Nat. Sc. xxi 176 It has to come across a great airless space before it reaches the atmosphere. 1879W. Collins Rogue's Life vii. 95 The night was so quiet and airless. 1881Daily News 7 Dec. 5/3 The inside of the coach is a mere airless box.
2. airless injection [injection]: see quot. 1940.
1930Engineering 11 July 39 (heading) Airless-injection oil engine at the Royal Agricultural Show. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 19/2 Airless injection, the injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an oil engine by a high-pressure fuel pump, so dispensing with the compressed air necessary in the early Diesel engines. |
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