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泵;抽水機;打氣筒
A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction.
例句
...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine...
使燃料在發動機內循環的泵
There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard...
樓里沒有水,只是在庭院里有個水泵。
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VERB
抽吸;抽運;泵送
To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump.
例句
It's not enough to get rid of raw sewage by pumping it out to sea...
將未經處理的污水排入海中了事是不夠的。
The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.
所籌資金將用于鉆孔打水以抽水到干涸的湖中。
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(汽油)加油泵
A petrol or gas pump is a machine with a tube attached to it that you use to fill a car with petrol.
例句
There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
加油泵邊車輛已經排起了長隊。
...gas pumps.
汽油加油泵
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VERB
洗(胃)
If someone has their stomach pumped, doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example because they have swallowed poison or drugs.
例句
She was released from hospital yesterday after having her stomach pumped.
洗胃之后,她昨天出了院。
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VERB
大量投入;大量注入
If you pump money or other resources into something such as a project or an industry, you invest a lot of money or resources in it.
例句
The Government needs to pump more money into community care.
政府需要將更多資金投入到社區護理這一塊。
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VERB
不停地追問
If you pump someone about something, you keep asking them questions in order to get information.
例句
He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case...
他每隔五分鐘就跑來追問我這件事。
He must have pumped Janey for details...
他肯定追問過珍妮詳細的情況。
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VERB
接連發射;快速連射
To pump bullets into someone means to fire a lot of bullets into them very quickly.
例句
A gunman burst in and pumped five bullets into her head.
一個持槍歹徒闖進來,朝她的腦袋連射5槍。
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(運動或休閑時穿的)橡膠底帆布鞋
Pumps are canvas shoes with flat rubber soles which people wear for sports and leisure.
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(通常皮制的)女式淺口鞋
Pumps are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather.
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PHRASE
刺激(經濟等的)發展
To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy.
例句
...the use of tax money to prime the pump of the state's economy.
用稅收收入來刺激該國經濟發展