hydrant 英 [ˈhaɪdrənt]   美 [ˈhaɪdrənt]

hydrant

hydrant  英 [ˈhaɪdrənt] 美 [ˈhaɪdrənt]

n. 消防栓;水龙头;给水栓 

名词复数:hydrants 

I once heard a saying that getting information from the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. 我就曾听过这样一个说法,从网络汲取信息正如从消防栓处饮水一样,源源不断。
I remember them outside the funeral home the day we buried Jean, Mom holding Dad up, Dad trying to sit on a hydrant, wearing his lapel button, his lapel photo-button of little smiling Jean. 我还记得在珍妮下葬那天,他们在殡仪馆外面时的样子。 我妈扶着我爸,我爸想坐在一个消防栓上。

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  • n. 消防栓;水龙头;给水栓
  • 1. I once heard a saying that getting information from the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.

    我就曾听过这样一个说法,从网络汲取信息正如从消防栓处饮水一样,源源不断。

  • 2. I remember them outside the funeral home the day we buried Jean, Mom holding Dad up, Dad trying to sit on a hydrant, wearing his lapel button, his lapel photo-button of little smiling Jean.

    我还记得在珍妮下葬那天,他们在殡仪馆外面时的样子。 我妈扶着我爸,我爸想坐在一个消防栓上。

  • 3. Stuck at an angle near a buried fire hydrant, they were pushing and spinning and getting nowhere, with the smell of burning rubber noxiously sharp in the cold air.

    附近有一桩被大雪覆盖的消防栓,车子被卡住了,她们推、转都使过了,没有进展,凛冽的空气中却充斥着刺鼻的橡胶味。

  • hydrant (n.) "apparatus for drawing water from a street main," 1806, from Greek hydr-, stem of hydor "water" (from suffixed form of PIE root *wed- (1) "water; wet") + -ant. OED double-damns it as "Irregularly formed" and "of U.S. origin."
hy·drant / ˈhaɪdrənt ; NAmE ˈhaɪdrənt / noun = fire hydrant hydrant hydrants hy·drant / ˈhaɪdrənt ; NAmE ˈhaɪdrənt /
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