stopcock
/ˈstɒpkɒk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstɑːpkɑːk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstäp-ˌkäk/ (ame, mw)
stopcock — 名詞
- stopcocksingular
- stopcocksplural
1. a small tap fitted into a pipe that you can turn by hand to start, slow, or comp
活栓；制水閥
裝在水管或氣管上、可手動開關流量的閥
a small tap fitted into a pipe that you can turn by hand to start, slow, or completely shut off the water or gas moving inside it
Mauricio turned the stopcock under the kitchen sink to shut off the water supply.
Mauricio 轉動廚房水槽下的活栓，把供水關掉。
collocation: turn the stopcock to shut off the water
The plumber asked Nkechi where the main stopcock was hidden in her flat.
水管工問 Nkechi，她公寓裡的主要制水閥藏在哪裡。
collocation: the main stopcock
Every winter, Takeshi closes the outdoor stopcock so the garden pipes do not freeze and burst.
每到冬天，Takeshi 都會關上戶外的活栓，這樣花園的水管才不會結冰爆裂。
A loose stopcock was dripping steadily onto the basement floor.
一個鬆掉的活栓正不停地往地下室地板滴水。
If a pipe bursts at night, you should know where the stopcock is to stop the flood.
如果水管在半夜爆裂，你應該知道活栓在哪裡，才能止住淹水。
- valve
broader term for any device that controls flow; a stopcock is one hand-turned type
- tap
British word that also covers ordinary sink taps, so it is wider than stopcock
- shut-off valve
American term emphasising the cut-off function
文法句型
turn off/on the stopcock
the main stopcock
用法筆記
Refers specifically to the hand-operated tap built into a household water or gas pipe; in British usage the 'main stopcock' is the single valve that cuts off a building's whole water supply.