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safety valve

安全阀,安全阀门,安全门,安检阀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level.Compare relief valve.
    • : a harmless outlet for emotion, tension, etc.

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Examples

  • Coffee aficionados who monitor the temperature of their coffee drinks like the safety valve of a nuclear reactor will probably be happier with hot milk.

  • According to a company report, when water gushed into a drum holding hot coke — an oil byproduct — the reaction triggered a safety valve that relieved the pressure.

  • The field hospital was built, in part, as a safety valve for times like this.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • “This is the only place in the souk you can buy safety pins,” he said.

  • The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.

  • Not for the benefit of the harasser, of course, but for your own safety.

  • There was virtually no government oversight of safety and operational standards.

  • To Berthier, if to any one, Bonaparte entrusted his secret designs, for he knew that he could do so in safety.

  • These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.

  • Juan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.

  • In short, in a few minutes, he might have the safety of his father, and the preservation of Europe in his hand.

  • In that instant I felt fingers tighten on my arm, tighten till they bit into the flesh, and I was pulled back into safety.