bellows

• n. 波纹管；风箱；皮老虎
• n. (Bellows)人名；(英、西)贝洛斯

来自PIE *bhel-(3), 发声，怒吼，拟声词, 同bell.

bellows

bellows: [OE] Bellows and belly were originally the same word, Old English belig, which meant ‘bag’. This was used in the compound blǣstbelig, literally ‘blowing bag’, a device for blowing a fire, which was replaced in the late Old English period by the plural form of the noun, belga or belgum, from which we get bellows. Meanwhile the meaning of belly developed from ‘bag’ to, in the 13th century, ‘body’ and, in the 14th century, ‘abdomen’.

Ultimately the word goes back to Germanic *balgiz ‘bag’, from the base *balg- or *belg- (itself a descendant of Indo-European *bhel- ‘swell’), which also lies behind billow [16], bolster, and possibly bellow and bell.
=> bell, bellow, belly, billow, bold, bolster

bellows (n.)

c. 1200, belwes, "a bellows," literally "bags," plural of belu, belw, northern form of beli, from late Old English belg "bag, purse, leathern bottle" (see belly (n.)). Reduced from blæstbælg, literally "blowing bag." Used exclusively in plural since 15c., probably due to the two handles or halves.

来自柯林斯例句

2. His job is to blow the bellows for the blacksmith.

他的工作是给铁匠拉风箱.

来自辞典例句

3. You could, I suppose, compare me to a blacksmith's bellows.

我想, 你可能把我比作铁匠的风箱.

来自辞典例句

4. A metallic bellows is made from a thin seamless tube.

金属波纹管是由薄壁无缝管制成的.

来自辞典例句

5. Another ambient temperature sensor is the vapor - filled bellows.

另一种空气温度传感器是充气波纹管.

来自辞典例句