【bulb】 - SAT备考词汇

bulb

UK:  [bʌlb]

US:  [bʌlb]

复数：bulbs  

v.

1.生球茎

2.肿[涨]成球,形成球状

3.起皱

n.

1.球状物;(寒暑表的)水银球;灯泡;烧瓶;真空管;测温包

2.鳞茎;球茎

3.球,小球,球泡,胶球,球管

4.电灯泡

5.水泡

6.白炽灯

7.(照相机的)快门

8.【植物;植物学】球根;鳞茎

9.(汽车的)圆顶车壳;【航海】球形船首

10.【解剖学】球;扁桃腺

1 . To the point that you could buy a beautiful house on a canal in Amsterdam for the price of one bulb.
当时用一个郁金香球茎的价钱你就能在阿姆斯特丹运河旁买上一栋漂亮的房子。

2 . Although Edison did not actually invent the light bulb, he did create an electric lighting system which led to its widespread use.
虽然爱迪生实际上并没有发明灯泡，但他的确发明了电灯照明系统，这导致了灯泡的广泛使用。

3 . Interrogators shone them directly into a suspect's eyes, and the naked bulb, swinging from a wire, became a synonym for horror.
审问者将白炽光直接照进嫌疑犯的眼里，从一根电线上吊下来的裸露的白炽灯成了恐怖的同义词。

4 . The idiot you catches the bulb and screws it into the top of his head, wincing at the pain.
愚蠢的你抓住了灯泡，把它拧在那个人的头顶上，他疼得缩了回去。

5 . This primary containment vessel looks like an old-fashioned light bulb turned upside down and balanced on top of a doughnut.
这个主安全壳像一个被倒置的老式灯泡，在一个环状体的顶部保持平衡。