fire hydrant

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I once heard a saying that getting information from the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
我就曾听过这样一个说法，从网络汲取信息正如从消防栓处饮水一样，源源不断。
Stuck at an angle near a buried fire hydrant, they were pushing and spinning and getting nowhere, with the smell of burning rubber noxiously sharp in the cold air.
附近有一桩被大雪覆盖的消防栓，车子被卡住了，她们推、转都使过了，没有进展，凛冽的空气中却充斥着刺鼻的橡胶味。
One of its early victories was in Jerusalem, where it found that a fire hydrant was indeed being used to fill a private swimming pool—pulling the plug, as it were, on a very surprised water thief.
探测引擎在耶路撒冷取得初步的成功，它发现一个消火栓实际在用来为一个私人泳池蓄水。似乎，供水的突然停止得让这个偷水的家伙目瞪口呆。

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a large pipe in the street that firefighters can get water from to use to stop fires from burning

A fire hydrant is a pipe in the street from which firefighters can obtain water for putting out a fire.