hand pump
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3.0
- noun
- /hænd pʌmp/
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bomba manual
- An operator uses a hand pump to close the hydraulic filter press mounted on the lower sides of the Clean Machine.
- hand pump for water
- use a hand pump
- old hand pump
He began working the hand pump, but no water came out.
- He began working the hand pump, but no water came out.
- We, you know, it was hand pumps to get water, foot pumps actually.
Examples
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If you need a small hand pump, I definitely recommend the Lansinoh.
Blog text (8) -
During the drought, we relied on a hand pump to access water from our well.
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He began working the hand pump, but no water came out.
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Being cheap, I then bought an Evenflo single hand pump.
Blog text (8) -
I was informed that the regional minister had come to inaugurate the hand pump to make it easy for the villagers to obtain drinking water.
Fiction book (1992) -
At the time, UNICEF was subsidizing hand pumps, and they were getting lost and sold as scrap iron.
Blog text (6) -
When I came close, I saw that there was a hand pump set up under the canopy; thick flower garlands had been placed around it.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the middle of an open-air courtyard, I see a tiny old woman draining water from a hand pump into a bucket.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was so deep that they used hand pumps to keep the dugout from flooding with groundwater.
Academic text (2009) -
The campground has approximately 150 hand pump wells, spread throughout the campground, as well as mechanical wells servicing comfort stations (restrooms).
Academic text (1994)
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pump operated manually' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hand' (manual/or by hand) + 'pump' (machine for moving fluids). This noun-noun compound pattern indicating the means or type of device is cross-linguistically common and will be obvious to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Hand pump is a literal name: a pump you use with your hand. Picture moving a handle up and down to pull water from a well—that image explains why it means 'a tool for pumping water or air by hand'.