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词汇 fireplug
释义 fireplug
noun[ C ]
USinformal(alsofire plug)uk /ˈfaɪə.plʌɡ/ us /ˈfaɪr.plʌɡ/
a large pipe in the street that firefighters can get water from to use to stop fires from burning: (fire hydrant的非正式说法)
He opened the valve of a nearby fireplug, led out the fire hose and directed a heavy stream of water into the fire.
Sosa is built as solidly and low to the ground as a fireplug.
Synonym
fire hydrant
 
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someone, especially a man, who is is fairly short and has a slightly heavy and usually strong-looking body:
He is a feisty little fireplug of a man.
He was 25 years old and built like a fireplug.
In 1889, he claimed that the city's fire plugs admitted sewerage and typhoid bacilli into the domestic water supply.
A fireplug of a man with his short stature and muscular body, he can seem welcoming and intimidating at the same time.
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