pumpnoun詞源 1/pʌmp/

• 1

  A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

  • This pump can deliver 100 gallons of water per minute.
• 2

  An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping.

  • It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.
• 3

  A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel; a gas pump.

  • This pump is out of order, but you can gas up at the next one.
  • Trump thinks: If I can actually end this war and lift sanctions on Russia, Russian oil will swamp the global market, it’ll drive down the price of gasoline at the pump and I will win the midterms.
• 4

  bodybuildingclimbinghobbiesA swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.

  • Want a skin-stretching pump? Up the volume by using high-rep sets. A great pump is better than coming.
• 5

  A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.

  • She gave the other girl a pump on her new bike.
• 6

  slangThe heart.

• 7

  vulgarobsoleteslangThe vagina.

  • Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.

pumpverb詞源 1/pʌmp/

• 1

  To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump.

  • I've been pumping for over a minute but the water isn't coming through.
  • I've pumped over 1000 gallons of water in the last ten minutes.
• 2

  To inject or pour (something) into someone or something in a manner similar to a pump.

  • The underlying cause of the warming is human activities pumping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But the reasons why marine heating is speeding up now are far from clear.
• 3

  obsoleteTo put (a person or part of the body) under a stream of water from a pump, as a punishment or as a form of medical treatment; to force a pump of water upon or on someone.

  • Pump him soundly, impudent Fellow.
  • ‘So much the worse for him. I've had my eye on him for some time. He shall be prettily pumped upon.’
• 4

  To gain something, especially information, from (a person) by persistent questioning.

  • But pump not me for politics.
  • I had no idea why he wanted to be sociable, but as we chatted in there it suddenly occurred to me the fellow was trying to get at something - in fact, pumping me.
• 5

  slangTo have sex with; to sexually penetrate, especially with a thrusting motion.

  • Thus to and again to our paſtime we went, / And my Cards I play'd fairly to Jenny's content; / I work'd at her Pump till my Sucker grew dry, / Then I left pumping, a good Reaſon why.
  • Pump my tight hole so long and hard that I can't walk or sit when you're done.
• 6

  To express milk from (a breast) by means of a breast pump.

• 7

  To fill with air by means of a pump; to inflate.

  • He pumped up the air-bed by hand, but used the service station air to pump up the tyres.
• 8

  To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.

  • I pumped my fist with joy when I won the race.

pumpnoun詞源 2/pʌmp/

• 1

  A low-top shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas upper; a low-top canvas sneaker.

• 2

  A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high heel, especially a stiletto (with a very high and thin heel)

  • She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.
• 3

  A dancing shoe.

  • Gabriel's pumps were all unpinkt i' th' heel
  • So I laid down my knittin', an' got up, an' stole ovir to the banes, an' nivir believe me iv I didn't see, sittin' right forenint me, in the very middle of thim, a bit of an ould man, not a quarther so big as a new-born child, wid a little cocked hat an his head, an' a dudeen in his mouth, smokin' away; an' a plain, ould-fashioned, dhrab-coloured coat, wid big brass buttons upon it, an his back, an' a pair o' massy silver buckles in his shoes, that a'most covered his feet they war so big, an' he workin' away as hard as ivir he could, heelin' a little pair o' pumps.
• 4

  A type of shoe without a heel.