bellows
n. 风箱 [化] 手风箱; 皮老虎; 波纹管
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A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
风箱
When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them.
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2.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
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The lungs.
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Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
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That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
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plural of bellow
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To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
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To expand and contract like a bellows.
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To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
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third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow
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From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly. For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.
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