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sprinkler

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sprin·kler /ˈsprɪŋklə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. sprinkler.jpg DLGa piece of equipment used for scattering water on grass or soil 〔浇草地等的〕洒水器4  See picture of 见图 GARDENING5 see picture at 见图 garden2. FIRETBa piece of equipment on a ceiling that scatters water if there is a fire 〔天花板上的〕自动喷水灭火装置
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sprinklerIan Durrant told me that later that the ball had bounced off a sprinkler head.As a householder you should pay particular attention to outdoor threaded bib-taps which are usually used for garden hoses and sprinklers.Because sprinklers can wet the drive does not prove that they did wet the drive.Access is very restricted to personnel and most systems are heavily protected by sprinklers.Women came out of their houses to turn on lawn sprinklers, soaking the marchers as they walked by.To return to the analogy of the lawn sprinkler and the rainstorm, both can explain how the driveway got wet.That is supposed to be the sprinkler system for wetting down the dust.Late in the second day, they passed miles and miles of spinach fields watered with sprinklers.
sprin·kler nounChineseSyllable
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sprinkler
sprinkler /ˈsprɪŋklə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

1. a piece of equipment used for scattering water on grass or soil
2. a piece of equipment on a ceiling that scatters water if there is a fire


sprink·lerBrE /ˈsprɪŋklə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsprɪŋklər/ 🔊 noun
a device with holes in that is used to spray water in drops on plants, soil or grass 喷洒器;喷头
a device inside a building which automatically sprays out water if there is a rise in temperature because of a fire (建筑物内的)喷洒装置,消防喷淋,自动喷水灭火装置