geyser
/ˈɡiː.zə//ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/
- n.
- 喷泉，间歇泉
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 冰岛语Icelandic
派生
- 英语English
geyser
词源说明
From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned in English as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher