pump
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they pump | |
he / she / it pumps | |
past simple pumped | |
past participle pumped | |
-ing form pumping |
- [transitive]
to make water, air, gas, etc. flow in a particular direction by using a pump or something that works like a pump 用泵(或泵样器官等)输送 - pump something (+ adv./prep.)
The engine is used for pumping water out of the mine. 这台发动机是用来从矿井中抽水的。 The heart pumps blood around the body. 心脏把血液输送到全身。 It took ages to pump out the cellar (= pump the water out of it) after the flood. 洪水过后,花了很长时间才把地窖里的水抽干。 - pump something + adj.
The lake had been pumped dry. 湖水已被抽干。
Extra ExamplesTopics Engineeringc1His heart pumped harder as he held his breath. 他屏住呼吸时,心脏跳得更厉害了。 The lungs pump oxygen into the bloodstream. 肺将氧气泵入血液。
- pump something (+ adv./prep.)
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a liquid )液体 to flow in a particular direction as if it is being forced by a pump 涌出;涌流;奔流 Blood was pumping out of his wound. 血从他的伤口喷出。 The shock sent adrenalin pumping through her veins. 震惊使肾上腺素在她的血管里激增。
- [transitive] pump something (+ adv./prep.)
to move something quickly up and down or in and out 上下(或内外)快速摇动;急速摇晃 - [intransitive]
to move quickly up and down or in and out 快速上下(或内外)运动 - [transitive] pump somebody (for something) (informal)
to try to get information from somebody by asking them a lot of questions 盘问;追问;一再探问
Word Originverb late Middle English (originally in nautical use): related to Dutch pomp ‘ship's pump’ (earlier in the sense ‘wooden or metal conduit’), probably partly of imitative origin.
Idioms
pump bullets, shots, etc. into somebody
to fire a lot of bullets into somebody 向…连续发射
pump somebody full of something
pump iron
- (informal)
to do exercises in which you lift heavy weights in order to make your muscles stronger Topics Health and Fitnessc2举重(锻炼)
pump somebody’s stomach
to remove the contents of somebody’s stomach using a pump, because they have swallowed something harmful 给…洗胃 He had his stomach pumped after taking an overdose. 他因为服药过量洗了胃。