stopcock

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈstɒpkɒk/    美 /ˈstɑpkɑk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
  2. A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, one outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary. UK
    — If you have a burst pipe, turn the water off at the stopcock.
动词 v.
  1. To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped. transitive

词形变化

stopcocks plural stopcocks present,singular,third-person stopcocking participle,present stopcocked participle,past stopcocked past

词汇关系

上位词
cock shutoff
并列词
bibcock petcock seacock sillcock

词源

词源 1
From stop + cock.
词源 2
From stop + cock.
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