stoker

FREQ #24809

n. 司炉, 加煤机, 自动添煤装置 [化] 加煤机

发音

US /ˈstoʊkɚ/
其它
UK /ˈstəʊkə/

词形变化

stokers 复数 stokers

别名

stoaker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

    司炉

  2. 2.

    A device for stoking a fire; a poker.

  3. 3.

    A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically.

  4. 4.

    A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.

词汇关系

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相关短语

mechanical stoker [机] 机械添煤机

词源

From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke. Compare typologically Russian кочега́р (kočegár) (akin to кочерга́ (kočergá, “poker”)).

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