Jet

(noun.) an airplane powered by one or more jet engines.

(noun.) the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid).

(noun.) atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward.

(noun.) a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation.

(verb.) issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; 'Water jetted forth'; 'flames were jetting out of the building'.

(verb.) fly a jet plane.

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• If a gas jet is turned on and not lighted, an odor of gas soon becomes perceptible, not only throughout the room, but in adjacent halls and even in distant rooms. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff; I never saw her so stylishly dressed, Janey continued. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• As early as 1680 Sir Isaac Newton proposed a steam carriage in which the propelling power was the reactionary discharge of a rearwardly directed jet of steam. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• By connecting X to the gas-pipe we drew sparks from the gas-pipes in any part of the room by drawing an iron wire over the brass jet of the cock. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I then saw that I must get rid of the condensed steam and injection-water if I used a jet as in Newcomen’s engine. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Thus the water from an ordinary main may be given such an increased pressure that a jet from a hydrant may be carried to the tops of high houses. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had a quantity of hair and moustache--jet black, except at the shaggy ends, where it had a tinge of red--and a high hook nose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• These vapours are then conducted by separate jets to different points in the stove where the heat is to be applied. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A similar stove with jets of flame from vapour burners has been used to soften hard asphalt pavement when it is desired to take it up. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is quite obvious that such a system would be commercially impracticable where small units, similar to gas jets, were employed. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He has been in the habit of lighting his pipe at lamps and gas-jets. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• A plan is sometimes adopted of placing a small metal disc a short distance above the jets, so as to spread the flame. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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