suction
发音
How to pronounce suction in British English:
英 [ˈsʌkʃn]
How to pronounce suction in American English:
美 [ˈsʌkʃn]
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- Noun:
- a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
- the act of sucking
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- Verb:
- remove or draw away by the force of suction
- empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
单词词源
- suction (n.)
- 1620s, "act or process of sucking," from Late Latin suctionem (nominative suctio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin sugere "to suck" (see sup (v.2)). As "action produced by a vacuum" from 1650s.
双语例句
- 1. The cylinders spin in opposite directions , creating suction that immediately prevents eddies from forming .
- 2. Since liquids don 't behave well in zero-gravity , russian engineers devised a series of suction tubes and fans .
- 3. Extraction by suction is not recommended .
- 4. The caisson could not simply be capped , because the oil pressure would blow its suction pile out of the sea floor .
- 5. In addition when the cylinder of ornamental fish close to the exit of the swirl not to the suction aspiration cylinder the fall into the following ceramic fish mouth mad swimming which is unique in this tank .