turncock

n. 供水栓, 龙头开关员

词形变化

turncocks 复数 turncocks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.

  2. 2.

    A person employed to turn on the water for the mains, to regulate the fireplugs, etc. for a water company.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

cock stopcock

上位词 3

employee faucet spigot

词源

From turn + cock.

来源：wiktionary