pump /pʌmp/ CET4 TEM4 ( pumping, pumped, pumps )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A pump is a machine or device that is used to force a liquid or gas to flow in a particular direction. 泵

  例：

  ...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine.

  …使燃料在发动机内循环的压泵。

  例：

  There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard.

  楼里没水，只在院子里有个水泵。

• 2. 

  V-T To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump. 抽送

  例：

  It's not enough to get rid of raw sewage by pumping it out to sea.

  仅用水泵将未经处理的污水排入海中是不够的。

  例：

  The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.

  筹到的钱款将用来挖井眼，再将水抽入干涸的湖中。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A fuel or petrol pump is a machine with a tube attached to it that you use to fill a car with petrol. 加油泵

  例：

  The average price for all grades of petrol at the pump was $3.49 a gallon.

  加油泵所有等级的汽油平均价格为1加仑3.49美元。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone has their stomach pumped, doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example, because they have swallowed poison or drugs. 洗胃 [usu passive]

  例：

  One woman was rushed to the emergency room to have her stomach pumped.

  一名妇女被紧急送进急诊室去洗胃。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Pumps are the same as. 同court shoes [美国英语]

• 6. 

  N a low-cut low-heeled shoe without fastenings, worn esp for dancing 舞鞋