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词汇 fire-extinguisher
释义 fire extinguisher
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfaɪər ɪkˌstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃər/ us /ˈfaɪr ɪkˌstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ɚ/
a device containing water or a special gas, powder, or foam (= a mass of small bubbles) that is put onto a fire to stop it from burning灭火器
 
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fire extinguisher | American Dictionary


fire extinguisher
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfɑɪər ɪkˌstɪŋ·ɡwɪ·ʃər/
a container filled with water or special chemicals that you spray on a fire to stop it from burning

fire extinguisher | Business English


fire extinguisher
noun[ C ]
ukus(alsoextinguisher)
WORKPLACE
a piece of equipment that contains a substance that can be put onto a small fire to stop it burning:
Decorations must not obstruct fire escape signage, fire extinguishers, and emergency lighting.

Examples of fire extinguisher


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If desired, other landmarks present in the corridors (like fireextinguisher ones) can be used as an additional navigation aid.
It cannot be beyond the resources of this country to produce a chemical fireextinguisher.
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Why wait to get a fireextinguisher until a fire has actually broken out?
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It may be contended that a fireextinguisher in itself would be insufficient to quell any considerable outbreak.
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It appears that a water sprinkler as a fireextinguisher would, in certain factories, be positively dangerous.
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I know full well the weight of a two-gallon fireextinguisher.
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No, you get a bucket of water and a fireextinguisher and you do what you can to put the fire out.
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But forms of worship are not designed primarily for quick appreciation, as are, for example, instructions on a fireextinguisher.
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Providentially, another car arrived with a fireextinguisher.
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Every motor service vehicle is compelled by law to have a fireextinguisher, but the private car is not controlled in that way.
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Its operation cannot be prevented for trivial reasons such as the colour of a fireextinguisher or the size of the wing mirror.
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It is better to provide yourself with a fireextinguisher at once.
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It is what he called "the fireextinguisher rôle".
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The consumers are not in the same position to pressurise fireextinguisher manufacturers or computer cleaning manufacturers as they are over the use of aerosols.
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Another point is that carbon-dioxide used in these piles is a fireextinguisher and not an oxidising agent like air.
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