valve

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
    — open the valve
  2. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.; Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
    — Near-synonym: poppet valve
  3. One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
    — the ileocecal valve
  4. One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
  5. A vacuum tube. UK
  6. One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
  7. A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
  8. One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
  9. One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
动词 v.
  1. To control (flow) by means of a valve. transitive

词形变化

valves plural valves present,singular,third-person valving participle,present valved participle,past valved past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
词源 2
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
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