英语释义

• a unit of pressure

片语

PSI pounds per square inch的缩写形式

pounds per square inch gauge计示磅平方英寸计示磅

pounds per square inch absolute每平方英寸绝对压力

pounds per square inch differential压差

pounds per square inch standard每平方吋标準磅

英汉例句

• in the weeks leading up to take-off, i could feel the constant, seismic rumble of all those barely reined-in pounds per square inch of thrust.

  为开机做準备的几周里，我能感觉到持续的，如地震前几乎没有停止过的无处不在的推力的隆隆声。

• acetylene, when not dissolved in a solvent (free acetylene), can begin to dissociate (decompose) at pressures above 15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).

  当没有溶解在溶剂里时（自由乙炔），乙炔在压力大于15磅每平方英寸（psig）的情况下会开始分解。

• the typical boost provided by a turbocharger is 6 to 8 pounds per square inch (psi).

  涡轮增压机通常能够产生每平方英寸6～8磅的压力（psi）。

• atmospheric pressure, pressure of air due to the earth「s atmosphere, expressed in pounds per square inch (psi) or inches of mercury (in hg) or millibars (mb).」

  大气压力，由于地球周围的大气而产生的空气压力，以每平方寸多少磅（psi ）或多少寸高水银柱（inhg ）或毫巴（mb ）来表示。

• pumping seawater to pressures of more than a thousand pounds per square inch takes less energy than boiling it—but it is still expensive.

  但这种方法需要把海水抽到每平方英寸超过1000磅压力的地方，即使消耗的能源比煮沸海水要少，但成本依然昂贵。

• earthbound humans have 14.7 pounds per square inch of air pressing on them every second of the day. space suits only put about 4.3 pounds of pressure per square inch on the wearer.

  地球上的人每秒钟都承受着每平方英寸14.7磅力的气压，而太空服让宇航员所承受的气压只有4.3磅力。

• the force that the air pump puts out is dozens of pounds per square inch per second.

  空气泵产生的压力达到每秒每平方英寸几十磅。

• water towers take advantage of the force of gravity to provide pressure for the water they contain. every vertical foot adds point-four-three pounds per square inch to the water pressure.

  水塔其实是利用重力给蓄水提供压力，每增加一英尺高度，水压增加0.43磅/平方英寸。

• i had deflated my tires to the requisite 18 pounds per square inch for driving on sand, and had printed out a map from the company’s web site that purported to show me how to get there.

  我把轮胎气压减低到每平方英寸18磅，以便汽车在沙漠中行驶，还从该公司的网站上打印了地图为自己指路。