aeolipile / iˈɒl əˌpaɪl /

📖毕业后词汇鹤立鸡群

aeolipile 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a round vessel caused to rotate by the force of tangentially escaping steam: an early example of jet propulsion.
  2. a device for injecting the vapors of heated alcohol into a laboratory furnace.

更多aeolipile例句

  1. Another orifice in the aeolipile was fitted with a reed, so that the steam going through it imitated the song of a bird.
  2. The Verbiest model was for a four-wheeled carriage, on which an aeolipile was mounted with a pan of burning coals beneath it.
  3. Some late authors have discovered the extraordinary use to which the frauds of the heathen priesthood applied the Aeolipile, viz.