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Change log entry 45700
Processed by: richwarm (2013-01-16 21:05:55 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 44405 - submitted by 'goldyn_chyld' >>
found it in a book under the list of chinese loanwords...

M: 抽水機。為英語pump的音譯。其用途為將低處的水升到高處。俗稱為「唧筒」。

Editor: Seems to be in use, too. In J, and TP ~

電視畫面上,一個加油幫浦彷彿手槍般地對準紅毛猩猩,「監督政府,慎選適當的生質燃料,否則紅毛猩猩就遭殃了!」
On the TV screen, a fuel pump is held like a gun to an orangutan's head. "Tell the government to choose the right biofuel or the orangutan gets it!"

「幫浦用途本來有限,但如果學習機械工程的人才,和學習生命科學的人才相結合,這樣,未來創新的小幫浦,可能成為人工心臟的動力,」
"Pumps are limited in their uses, but if mechanical engineers and biomedical scientists get together, they might come up with a tiny pump that could power an artificial heart,"
Diff:
+ 幫浦 帮浦 [bang1 pu3] /pump (loanword)/
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