drencher

n. 大雨, 倾盆大雨, 灌药器

词形变化

drenchers 复数 drenchers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who, or that which, drenches.

  2. 2.

    A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.

    The drencher supply should also be separate from the sprinkler supply.

词源

From Middle English *drencher (found in the Surname Drencher), equivalent to drench + -er.

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