pump

英 [pʌmp] 美 [pʌmp]

1. 音译“泵”。
2. 泵：一种用以增加液体或气体的压力，使之输送流动的机械。为英语pump的音译。在台湾地区，也被音译作“帮浦”。

pump 泵，打气筒，抽水机

词源不确定，可能来自拟声词，模仿泵发出的声音。

pump: pump: [15] The precise origins of pump have never been established. It is now widespread throughout the European languages, by dint of assiduous borrowing (French pompe, for instance), but its epicentre appears to have been northwestern Europe, with Middle Low German pumpe or Middle Dutch pompe. It started out, no doubt, as a vocal imitation of the sound of pumping.
pump (n.1): "apparatus for forcing liquid or air," early 15c., of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe "water conduit, pipe," or Middle Low German pumpe "pump" (Modern German Pumpe), both from some North Sea sailors' word, possibly of imitative origin.
pump (n.2): "low shoe without fasteners," 1550s, of unknown origin, perhaps echoic of the sound made when walking in them, or perhaps from Dutch pampoesje, from Javanese pampoes, of Arabic origin. Klein's sources propose a connection with pomp (n.). Related: pumps.
pump (v.): c. 1500, from pump (n.1). Metaphoric extension in pump (someone) for information is from 1630s. To pump iron "lift weights for fitness" is from 1972. Related: Pumped; pumping.

1. They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games.: 他们感到要为自己加油打气，自信满满地去打比赛并不容易。

2. Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture.: 别人借给我一个打气筒，又帮我补好了轮胎。

3. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray.: 洗液由一个使用方便的按压式皂液器提供。

4. Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.: 随着年龄的增加，人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。

5. He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case.: 他每隔五分钟就跑来追问我这件事。