blowpipe
吹管,吹管子,吹气管,吹筒
Definitions
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- : a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
- : Also called blow-iron, blowtube. Glass Blowing. a long metal pipe used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware.
- : blowgun.
- : Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.
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Examples
Gabe Feenan plugs the blowpipe with his thumb, trapping air in the vessel so it doesn’t collapse.
Sometimes two or three share a blowpipe in the glassmaking process, so they tried using a rubber tip, removing it before passing it to the next person.
A very neat repair can be made with an alcohol lamp and a blowpipe by using a little silver solder.
Then taking a poisoned arrow from his quiver, he puts it in the blowpipe, and collects his breath for the fatal puff.
Here let the blowpipe remain suspended, while you take a view of the arms which are made to slay the larger beasts of the forest.
He wasn't winded, ye see, for his blowpipe was intact, and his gear below-decks sound and ship-shape.
All the work described in this book can quite well be done with a simple foot bellows and a quick-change blowpipe.