poppet
罂粟花,罂粟,罂粟壳,罂粟园
Definitions
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- : Also called poppet valve .Machinery. a rising and falling valve consisting of a disk at the end of a vertically set stem, used in internal-combustion and steam engines.
- : British Dialect. a term of endearment for a girl or child.
- : Nautical. any of the vertical timbers bracing the bow or stern of a vessel about to be launched.
- : poppit.
- : poppethead.
Examples
I had my 14-year-old daughter, Poppet, instruct me in how to watch an episode of Girls on my computer.
I have two daughters, Poppet and her 17-year-old sister Muffin.
Poppet says, “I made this for you in Arts and Crafts class.”
A bottle of The Glenlivet, aged in the cask longer than Poppet and Buster put together.
The valves are of the disk or poppet variety, rising and falling vertically.
Brougham thanks his 'dear grandpapa,' and Bentham offers further supplies to his 'dear, sweet little poppet.'
Poppet, pop′et, n. a puppet: a piece of timber used to support a vessel while being launched: one of the heads of a lathe.
Then Ann threw her blanket over her head, and got her poppet out of the chest.
What dost thou here i' the wild-wood, thou imp, thou poppet o' plagues, thou naughty wap-de-staldees?