fire-engine
n.
1680s, "engine designed to throw a stream of water through a hose onto a fire for the purpose of extinguishing it," from fire, n. + engine, n.. Also an early name for a steam engine (1722).
| 词汇 | fire-engine |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary fire-engine n. 1680s, "engine designed to throw a stream of water through a hose onto a fire for the purpose of extinguishing it," from fire, n. + engine, n.. Also an early name for a steam engine (1722). |
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