airlock
🇺🇸
/ˈerlɑːk/
🇬🇧
/ˈeəlɒk/
noun
R
A small room with doors at both ends that you pass through to enter or exit an area with different air pressure, like on a spacecraft or submarine.
The astronauts had to go through the airlock to get from the spacecraft to the space station.
R
A pocket of air that stops the flow of liquid in a pump or pipe.
The plumber had to fix the airlock in the pipe to get the water flowing again.
translation
A small room with doors at both ends that you pass through to enter or exit an area with different air pressure, like on a spacecraft or submarine.; A pocket of air that stops the flow of liquid in a pump or pipe.
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Plural
airlocks