geyser
A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent…A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
» The geyser goes off with hot water every two hours.
Гейзер извергает горячую воду каждые два часа.
Значение
значений: 4A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
Geysir
ге́йзерgéjzer
ге́йзерhéjzer
a spring that discharges hot water and steam
(шире)A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
(Южная Африка, South Asia)A domestic water boiler.
водонагрева́тельvodonagrevátelʹ, бо́йлерbójler
(Британия, архаичное)An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
Примеры
предложений: 5The geyser goes off with hot water every two hours.
Гейзер извергает горячую воду каждые два часа. — Balamax
The geyser sends up a column of hot water every two hours.
Гейзер выбрасывает столб воды один раз каждые два часа. — Hellerick
Tourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.
deTouristen standen um den Geysir herum und gafften. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The pressure from the geyser caused the water to shoot into the air.
Yellowstone Park has many thermal areas of geysers and mud pots.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in IcelandFrom Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned in English as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher
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