sump

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
  2. The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
  3. A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
  4. The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
  5. The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
  6. An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
  7. A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge. Scotland
    — then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]'
动词 v.
  1. Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion. intransitive
    — We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.

词形变化

sumps plural sumph alternative,obsolete sumps present,singular,third-person sumping participle,present sumped participle,past sumped past sumph alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
dry sump sumpless sumplike sumpman sump oil sump pit sump pump sump tank sumpweed sumpy wet sump

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
词源 2
From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
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