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carburetor

/kahr-buh-rey-ter, -byuh-/US // ˈkɑr bəˌreɪ tər, -byə- //

化油器,汽化器,化肥器,化验室

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, as for an internal-combustion engine.

Examples

  • You don’t need to know how to rebuild a carburetor to drive your car.

  • Somebody could be giving us a drink instead of a sticky carburetor.

  • Tea Partiers are “the four-barrel carburetor,” Bill Bennett says.

  • The leading carburetors of today are said to be based upon the principles of the first Hedstrom carburetor.

  • He changed the carburetor adjustment, and Foster got a weary chug-chug that ceased almost as soon as it had begun.

  • I am sure that the trifling disorder in the carburetor may be corrected.

  • You do not refuse to engage in the automobile business because the carburetor and the differential are words of four syllables.

  • The first type is known as the surface carburetor and is now practically obsolete.