English-Thai Dictionary

bellows

N เครื่องสูบ ลม  khrueang-sub-lom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BELLOWS

n.sing. and plu. [L. bulga ] An instrument, utensil or machine for blowing fire, either in private dwellings or in forges, furnaces and shops. It is so formed as by being dilated and contracted, to inhale air by a lateral orifice which is opened and closed with a valve, and to propel it through a tube upon the fire.

 

BELLOWS-FISH

n.The trumpet-fish, about four inches long, with a long snout; whence its name.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BELLOWS

Bel "lows, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly. ]

 

Defn: An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. -- Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic. -- A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

 

BELLOWS FISH

BELLOWS FISH Bel "lows fish `. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A European fish (Centriscus scolopax ), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bellows

bel lows |ˈbelōz ˈbɛloʊz | ▶plural noun [ also treated as sing. ] 1 (also a pair of bellows ) a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire. • a similar device used in a harmonium or small organ. 2 an object or device with concertinaed sides to allow it to expand and contract, such as a tube joining a lens to a camera body. ORIGIN Middle English: probably representing Old English belga, plural of belig (see belly ), used as a shortened form of earlier blǣstbelig ‘blowing bag. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

bellows

bel |lows |ˈbɛləʊz | ▶plural noun [ also treated as sing. ] 1 (also a pair of bellows ) a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire. • a device similar to a pair of bellows used in a harmonium or small organ. 2 an object or device with concertinaed sides to allow it to expand and contract, such as a tube joining a lens to a camera body. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Old English belga, plural of belig (see belly ), used as a shortened form of earlier blǣstbelig ‘blowing bag ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bellows

bel lows /béloʊz /名詞 〖単複両扱い 〗1 (2つの取っ手付き )ふいご (→fireplace ) (!a pair of ～よりa ～の方が普通 ) .2 (アコーディオンなどの )じゃばら式送風機 ; (カメラの )じゃばら ; (両 )肺 (lungs ).