percolator

/pur-kuh-ley-ter/US // ˈpɜr kəˌleɪ tər //UK // (ˈpɜːkəˌleɪtə) //

渗滤器,渗滤机,渗水器,渗滤液

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- : something that percolates.

What is the difference, as regards rail carriage, between a percolator and an everyday coffee pot?
"Don't let's settle down yet," Nannie said, standing beside the percolator like a young priestess beside an altar.
Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator.
The servants declare that the wife invariably made the after-dinner coffee in a percolator that stood on the sideboard.
To filter, using the percolator, the coffee should be quite fine.