English Dictionary

pressure valve

名詞

A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.

日本語の意味

一定の圧力に達すると自動的に作動するように設計された弁。また、比喩的にも用いられる。

The old pressure valve hissed open to relieve the boiler, and he became a pressure valve for his team's bottled-up frustrations.

その古い圧力弁は所定の圧力を超えるとシューッと音を立ててボイラーの圧力を逃がし、彼はチームのたまった不満を発散させる存在になった。

意味（1）

A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.

WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.

pressure valves （ plural ）