英:['faɪəplʌg]
美:['faɪəˌplʌg]
英:['faɪəplʌg]
美:['faɪəˌplʌg]
fire·plug
faIr pluhg
词根:fireplug
n.firefighter 消防队员
noun
a large terminal water pipe that protrudes from the ground, to which hoses can be connected for fighting fires; fire hydrant.
还有 fire-plug,1713年,来自 fire(n.)+ plug(n.)。
The first known use of fireplug was in 1713
firepowernoun
the ability to deliver gunfire or warheads on a target
fireplugnoun
hydrant
1 “Melinda’s a fireplug when it comes to Hart Island,” says Wayne Kempton, archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of New York, who has written about its history.
2 The fireplug rotated his wide hips and got the bat head out and Harvey’s pitch reversed course and took flight for downtown Flushing.
3 For inspiration, he turned to the late 1990s, when East Coast men swaggered in Timberlands while West Coast guys looked like fireplugs in oversized everything.
4 It’s easy to see what the media saw in Green: a fireplug from the poor part of town, dressed in gold lame, occasionally sitting in a rocking chair to play.
5 A burly fireplug guards the stairs, though he is mostly a greeter.
6 The few that stand out — Mr. Hall’s fireplug, Topher Grace’s glib fixer — make the labored introductions superfluous.
7 Guy looked like he should have been a football player, or better than that he could have just stood on the curb and been a fireplug.
8 The action was driven by 25-year-old fourth line fireplug Tyler Pitlick, who stole the puck behind the Toronto goal and found Lander open in front.
9 Chow told me last night this gadget looked like a fireplug under a rose trellis and I ought to call it Fireplug Rose!
10 Some of the firemen were hauling hose from a cart, while others were attaching an end of one length to a fireplug.
11 Unfortunately for him, he was married at the time, and his wife, a fireplug who went by the name of Bootsie, promptly took over the governor’s mansion for herself.
12 But there is an interesting New York angle that might partly explain the frequent use of “fireplug” here.
13 The son of an immigrant junk dealer, Mr. Asner had a fireplug build, jowly countenance and workingman’s semblance that are not traditionally considered the raw materials of stardom.
14 He’s a fireplug of a prodigy of a rookie, 6 feet tall and 235 pounds.
15 Their last few games have included several confrontations and ejections, with the normally easygoing Wizards point guard John Wall and the Celtics fireplug Marcus Smart going at it.
16 He was a genial fireplug of a man who spoke informally, like someone from the neighborhood.
17 Gudea looks a bit like a fireplug.
18 Canzone is one of the hottest bats in the minor leagues with a 1.062 OPS, and Bliss is a speedy fireplug on the rise.
19 Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights.
20 He’s short but powerfully built, like a fireplug or, more accurately, two or three fireplugs squished together.
2 消防龙头
4 矮胖子