plunger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈplʌnd͡ʒə/    美 /ˈplʌnd͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
  2. The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
  3. The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
  4. Certain equipment for brewing coffee.; The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
  5. Certain equipment for brewing coffee.; A cafetière, through abbreviation of coffee plunger.
  6. One who plunges; a diver.
  7. A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
  8. A cavalryman.
  9. A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
  10. The moving portion of a solenoid.
  11. The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
  12. A reckless gambler or gamble. dated,slang
    — Well I suppose there's not one of you gentlemen here who hasnt^([sic]) at some time or other taken a plunger, and how many of you hasnt^([sic]) come back sadder and wiser.
  13. A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
    — Another part of the invention relates to making articles of earthenware by a plunger, which is forced into a mould
  14. The firing pin of a breechloader.

词形变化

plungers plural

词汇关系

近义词
plumber's helper plumber's friend
衍生词
autoplunger coffee plunger cryoplunger plungerless plungerlike plunger mute plunger pump

词源

Etymology tree
English plunge
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English plunger
From plunge + -er.
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