gasometer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡæˈsɒmɪtə/    美 /ɡæˈsɑmɪtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting. historical
    — I take a mercury bottle and then an old gun barrel, draw the breech end to a convenient size to cut a thread on it so as to make a tight joint; then take a lead tube and connect one end to the muzzle of the gun barrel and the other end to the gasometer.
  2. A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder.
    — The attack on the gasworks was probably the most risky, as none of the rebels had any idea of just what kind of blast an exploding gasometer might produce […]

词形变化

gasometers plural gasometre alternative

词汇关系

相关词
gas meter

词源

From French gazomètre, corresponding to gas + -o- + -meter.
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