English Dictionary

geyser

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɡiː.zə/

名詞

広義 イギリス英語 古語 インド 南アフリカ英語

(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.

日本語の意味

間欠泉 – 高温の地下水が噴出する自然現象。地下の水が加熱され、極端な蒸気圧により一定間隔で噴出する現象を示す。

We hiked to the valley early in the morning to watch the geyser erupt against the pink dawn.

私たちは朝早く渓谷へハイキングに行き、間欠泉が桃色の夜明けに水柱を噴き上げるのを見ました。

意味（1）

(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.

意味（2）

(by extension) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.

Sporting a few war wounds from Japanese destroyer gunfire, The Sullivans had already launched one spread of torpedoes at the Japanese destroyers that were now littering the ocean floor, or, occasionally, making their own retreat, but she still had one left, so a five-torpedo spread was duly sent at near-point-blank range into the listing and burning remains of Yamato, and, shortly thereafter, four large geysers of water were the reward.

意味（3）

(Britain, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.

Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.

意味（4）

(South Africa, India) A domestic water boiler.

Wikipedia describes geysers in the History subsection of the article: Water heating geyser （ canonical ）

geysers （ plural ）