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faucet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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fau·cet /ˈfɔːsɪt $ ˈfɒː-/ ●●○ noun [countable] American English  tap.jpg Tthe thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe 水龙头;旋塞 SYN British English tap4  See picture of 见图 MATERIAL5 see picture at 见图 material1
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faucetI let myself out through the side gate and washed my fingers off on a faucet beside the Boston ferns.He did both faucets outside and all my antennas.How could he make warm water run from faucets?Along one wall is a row of faucets for washing, with drains in the sloping tiled floors.I turn on some faucets and water flows into the dishwasher.At first the water evaporated as soon as it left the faucet, turning into red steam when it hit your body.Shut off the faucet with its knee control.Since my first days in the Congress, I have supported efforts to turn off the faucet of big-money campaign contributions.
Origin faucet (1300-1400) Old French fausset something that closes a hole in a container, from Late Latin falsare to make false
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faucet
faucet /ˈfɔːsət, ˈfɔːsɪt $ ˈfɒː-/ noun [countable] American English
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: fausset 'something that closes a hole in a container', from Late Latin falsare 'to make false'

the thing that you turn on and off to control the flow of water from a pipe
   SYN  tap British English


🔑 fau·cetBrE /ˈfɔːsɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɔːsɪt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (especially BrE tap) noun
a device that controls the flow of water from a pipe 龙头;旋塞the hot/cold faucet 热水/冷水龙头to turn a faucet on/off 开/关龙头