| 词汇 | piston |
| 词源 | piston [E18th] The Latin pistullum meant pestle [ME] and is the source of the botanical pistil [E18th] from its similar shape. From the same source Italian formed pestone for a large pestle or rammer, and this, via French, is the source of piston. |
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