a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air 间歇(喷)泉,间歇向空中喷水柱和蒸汽柱的天然温泉 ■a jet or stream of liquid (液体)喷柱 the pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street. 管道中污水形成水柱向街面喷去。
(Brit.)a gas-fired water heater through which water flows as it is rapidly heated (英)燃气快速热水器 ■(S. African)a hot-water storage tank with an electric heating element (南非)(有电热装置的)热水储水罐
verb
[no obj., with adverbial of direction](especially of water or steam) gush or burst out with great force (尤指水或蒸汽)喷涌;喷射 a fissure opened and yellow smoke geysered upward. 一道缝裂开,黄烟向上喷涌而出。
语源
late 18th cent.: from Icelandic Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland; related to geysa 'to gush'