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attach sth to the siamese
Attach the hose to the siamese before opening the valve.
打开阀门之前，先把水带接到消防水泵接合器上。
消防水泵接合器
Siameses — plural of siamese
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
消防水泵接合器
an inlet fitting with two or more couplings, used by fire engines to pump water into a building's sprinkler system
Attach the hose to the siamese before opening the valve.
打开阀门之前，先把水带接到消防水泵接合器上。
暹罗猫。
A Siamese cat.
形状像字母Y的管子或软管连接。
A connection of tubes or hoses shaped like a letter Y.
The firefighter connected the hose to the siamese at the side of the building.
消防员将水带连接到建筑物一侧的消防水泵接合器上。
This siamese has two couplings, so two engines can supply water to the sprinkler system.
这个消防水泵接合器有两个接口，因此两台消防车可以向自动喷水灭火系统供水。
The inspector checked the siamese to make sure it was not blocked.
检查员检查了消防水泵接合器，确保它没有被堵塞。
Attach the hose to the siamese before opening the valve.
打开阀门之前，先把水带接到消防水泵接合器上。
The siamese on the back wall is marked with a red sign.
后墙上的消防水泵接合器标有红色标识。
这里的 siamese 是名词，指消防水泵接合器，不是“暹罗的”或“暹罗人”。
The siamese is used to connect fire engines to the building's sprinkler system.
消防水泵接合器用于将消防车与大楼的喷淋系统连接起来。
Not this
These two designs are siamese.
Use this
These two designs are very similar.
siamese 作形容词时通常表示“暹罗的”或与连体双胞胎（Siamese twins）有关，不能用来泛指“非常相似”；表达普通意义上的相似应使用 similar 或 very similar，因此把 siamese 改为 very similar。
Not this
Firefighters connected to the building's two siamese.
Use this
Firefighters connected to the building's two Siameses.
siamese 指“消防水泵接合器”时是可数名词，其复数形式是 Siameses；不能用单数原形 siamese 表示两个或两个以上的接合器，所以要改成 Siameses。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
消防水泵接合器
The fire truck pumped water into the building through the siamese connection.
消防车通过消防水泵接合器向楼内供水。
双口进水接口
Both hoses were attached to the siamese inlet.
两条水带都接在了双口进水接口上。
双口消防管件
A brass siamese fitting joins the two supply lines.
一个黄铜双口消防管件将两条供水管线连接起来。
双口转换接头
They used a siamese adapter to combine two hoses into one line.
他们用一个双口转换接头将两条水带并成一条管路。
连体双胞胎（比喻形影不离的人或事物）
The two companies are like Siamese twins; they rise and fall together.
这两家公司就像连体双胞胎一样，同兴共衰。
我们是暹罗猫，请多关照。——迪士尼《小姐与流浪汉》中的《暹罗猫之歌》
In Lady and the Tramp, the two Siamese cats sing, “We are Siamese if you please.”
在《小姐与流浪汉》中，两只暹罗猫唱道：“我们是暹罗猫，请多关照。”
《暹罗之梦》——碎南瓜乐队1993年的专辑名
When Siamese Dream was released in 1993, it helped define 1990s alternative rock.
《暹罗之梦》于1993年发行时，帮助定义了20世纪90年代的另类摇滚。
Use Siameses naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：'siamese' 可联想到连体双胞胎，两个进水口合二为一，就是消防水泵接合器。
语域：formal 常见场景：fire code inspection、building fire-suppression system maintenance 这个义项指消防水泵接合器，是消防工程和建筑给水系统中的专业术语；多用于消防规范、建筑维护手册和消防设备操作说明等比较正式或专业的场合，日常口语中较少单独使用。
作为名词，不同义项的可数性不同：指暹罗人时可数，复数形式为 Siameses；指暹罗语时不可数。
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