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spigot

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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spig·ot /ˈspɪɡət/ noun [countable]  1. Da tap in a large container that controls the flow of liquid from it 〔大容器的〕塞子,栓2. especially American EnglishDT an outdoor tap 室外水龙头
Examples from the Corpus
spigotThis has a spigot bearing the same size as the Range Rover but made of steel and not phosphor bronze.Then, all of a sudden, like a spigot turned counterclockwise, B shuts down.I washed up under a spigot I found out front.The bath was in the centre of the room, with an old-fashioned brass spigot.Children carried pails of water filled from spigots on street corners.I turned on the spigot at the side of the house and filled up his plastic basin.I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.The nearby water spigot became a constant source of fascination.
Origin spigot (1300-1400) Probably from Latin spica part of a corn plant where the grain grows
spig·ot nounChineseSyllable
the Corpus controls a in a flow large that container tap


spigot
spigot /ˈspɪɡət/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Probably from Latin spica 'part of a corn plant where the grain grows'
1. a tap in a large container that controls the flow of liquid from it
2. especially American English an outdoor tap


spigotBrE /ˈspɪɡət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈspɪɡət/ 🔊 noun(specialist) a device in a tap/faucet that controls the flow of liquid from a container (龙头中的)塞,栓(US) any tap/faucet, especially one outdoors (尤指户外的)龙头