用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
He was pumping away.他正用抽水机抽水。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
She pumped some water from the well.她从井里抽了一些水。
Pump air into the tire.给轮胎打气。
It is autumn and they are pumping water out of the swimming pool.入秋了,他们正在抽游泳池的水。
Pump the tire up hard before going out on the road.在出去上路之前,要把轮胎打足气。
用作宾补动词
▲S+～+n./pron.+adj.
They had pumped the well dry.他们把井中的水抽干了。

［同义词］ v. drive, inject, push
［词源］＜西班牙语bomba(泵,抽水机)

There is something wrong with the water pump.水泵出毛病了。
At the farm there was an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.那个农场有一台老式的抽水机,用来从井里抽水。
The heart is a kind of natural pump that moves the blood around the body.心脏是一种天生的泵,它能使血液在全身流动。
We use a pump to blow air into our tires.我们使用打气筒把气打进轮胎。