| 释义 |
exhauster|ɛgˈzɔːstə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who, or that which, exhausts.
1743J. Ellis Knowl. Div. Things iv. 346 Now which of the Ancients was this Exhauster of Nature. 1792A. Young Trav. France 389 Would it be no advantage to strike out one of these exhausters [wheat, rye, barley, and oats], and substitute an improver. 1853Johnston in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. i. 10 The wind..is probably a still more rapid and widely-acting exhauster of these forest lands. 1884Health Exhibit. Catal. 60/1 Apparatus for manufacturing..concentrated manure, comprising Concentrator, Condenser, Exhauster, and Agitator.
b. In Gas-making: (see quot. 1859).
1841Specif. Grafton's Patent No. 9062. 3 The gas from this end of the retort is thereafter drawn through the pipe h directly into the exhauster. 1859Clegg Coal Gas 186 Various kinds of machines have been contrived for pumping the gas in a continuous flow out of the retorts—for that is in fact the principle of the action of exhausters. 1889Jrnl. Gas Lighting 19 Nov. 964 The engine and exhauster are connected by a..flexible coupling. |
