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Pump noun [C] DEVICE 1 A a piece of equipment which is

used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place

gas pump SHOE2[USUALLY PLURAL]US (UK COURT SHOE)

8 type of plain shoe with a raised HEEL and no way of

fastening it to the foot which is worn by women

3 [USUALLY PLURAL]  type of flat shoe, like a BALIET dancer’s shoe when is worn by women 4 [USUALLY PLURAL]UK a flat·shoe made of heavy cloth, which is worn by children for doing sports.

verb LIQUID/GAS1 [T USUALLY·ADV/PREP] to force

liquid or gas to move somewhere:our latest machine can

pump a hundred gallors a minute , o The new wine is

pumped into stirage tanks.o The heart pumos blood

through the arteries/round the body. INFORMATION2[T]

INFORMAL to keep asking someone for information, especially in a way that is not direce:She was pumping mefor details of the new projece.

Idioms pump sb’s hand to SHAKE someone’s hand (="hold" their hand and move it up and down, especiallyIn order to greet them)·pump lron INFORMAL to lift

Heavy weights for exercise: These days both men andWomen pump iron far fitnets.

Pharsal verbs pump sth into sth to spend    

Money trying to make something operate succesfully:

They had been pumpinh money into the business for someYears without seeing any results.

Pump sth out(M)REMOVE1 to remove water or other liquid from something using a pump:We took turnspumping out the boat.PRODUCE2 INFORMAL DISAPPROVINGto produce words or loud music in a way that is repeated, forceful and continuous: The government keeps pumpingout the same old propaganda.O The car radio waspumping out music with a heacy beat.

Pump out sth someone’s stomach is pumped out, aPoisonous substance is removed from it by being-sucked

Through a tube. She had to go to hospital  Stomach pumped out.

Pump sth up [M] INFORMAL to make someone feel morecontident or excited: He was offering them advince andtrying to pump them up.O[R]The players were pumpingthemselves up by singing the national anthem, before thegame.

Pump sth up[M]1 to fill something with air using a  pump: Have you pumped up the balloons yet?O I must pump the tyres up on my bike.2 INFORMAL to increase

something by a large amount:The US was able to pump up exports.O Let’s pump up the tolume a bit!

Pump-action /pamp ek/ n/adjective describes a device which operates by forcing song     especially air ,in or out of a closed space or container, a pump-action shotgun , a pump   action   

Pump priming noun specialized the activity of helping a business ,programm ,economy    etc   to  develop by  giving it money.  The government is carding small,pump-priming grants to single moter who are starting their own businesses.

Punnoun a humorous use of a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sound like another word:she made a couple of dreadful puns.  This is a well-known joke based on a pun “What’s  black and white and red   all  over   A newspaper

Verb  to make a pun

Punch

Noun      (c)a forceful hit with a fist (="closed" hand) she gave him a punch lik on us in the nose effect

2 U the power to be interesting and have a strong effect on people ,I felt the performance speech presntation lacked punch DRnk  3  a cold or hot drink made by mixing fruit juices pieces of frut and often wine or other alcoholic drinks tool  4  a piece of equoce  which cuts boles in a maena by pushing a piece of met through it a ticket punch have you seen the hole puneh anywhere?

Verb(t) hit 1  to hit someone or something with your FIST (="closed" hand);He punched him in the stomach.2 MALY US to hit with your fingers the bugins on a telephone or the kdys on a keys on a keyboard USE TOCL make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment:I was just punching holes in some sheets of paper  .This belt’s too big .I’ll have to punch an extra hole in it.

Idioms punch sb’s lights out informal to hit someone repeatedly very hard punch the clock us to put a card into a special machine to record the times you amive at and leave work:After 17 years of punching the clock,he just disappeared one morning and was mever heard from again.

小题1:What does the word“pump”mean in “He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case”?

A．Talk with

B．ask for information.

C．Listen to

D．Provide with evidence小题2:When Sally says“The TV propram kept pumping out commercials”,she may be______.

A．excited

B．interested

C．annoyed

D．annoyed小题3:What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a pump-priming program?

A．sums of money

B．Raw materials

C．informative and significant

D．intereing and powerful小题4:When Sylvia says“His speech was OK but it had no real punch”,she thinks it was not_____.

A．fluent and impressive

B．logical and moving

C．informative and significant

D．interestitng and powerful