safety valve

Word family adverbsafelynounsafenesssafetysafeguardsafe havensafe housesafekeepingsafe sexsafety beltsafety catchsafety curtainsafety glasssafety lampsafety matchsafety netsafety officersafety pinsafety razorsafety valveadjectivesafe

Related topics: Engineering, Psychology, psychiatry

ˈsafety valve noun [countableC]

1. TEa part of a machine that allows gas, steam etc to escape when the pressure becomes too great 〔机器的〕安全阀

2 MPsomething that allows you to get rid of strong feelings without doing any harm 疏导情绪的方法，排解情绪的途径

Being able to express emotion is a healthy safety valve for the relationship.

能够把情感表达出来是两性关系中健康的排解方法。

Examples from the Corpus

safety valve• Do these eruptions act as a safety valve or will they lead to a cataclysm?• So far the devaluation has acted as a safety valve for the most immediate pressures.• Fortuitously, the advancing Union forces operated as a safety valve.• Humor can be a safety valve in high pressure situations.• Then an interesting phenomenon takes place: they become a safety valve.• It is a safety valve, you might say a brothel of the mind.• Sometimes, a safety valve may be fitted into the boiler flow pipe; a draincock is always fitted in the return.

From Longman Business Dictionary

safety valveˈsafety valve noun [countableC]

a small part on a machine that opens to let out steam or pressure when it becomes too great

the safety valve device on the boiler

词汇	safety valve
释义	safety valve Word family adverbsafelynounsafenesssafetysafeguardsafe havensafe housesafekeepingsafe sexsafety beltsafety catchsafety curtainsafety glasssafety lampsafety matchsafety netsafety officersafety pinsafety razorsafety valveadjectivesafe Related topics: Engineering, Psychology, psychiatry ˈsafety valve noun [countableC] 1. TEa part of a machine that allows gas, steam etc to escape when the pressure becomes too great 〔机器的〕安全阀 2 MPsomething that allows you to get rid of strong feelings without doing any harm 疏导情绪的方法，排解情绪的途径 Being able to express emotion is a healthy safety valve for the relationship. 能够把情感表达出来是两性关系中健康的排解方法。 Examples from the Corpus safety valve• Do these eruptions act as a safety valve or will they lead to a cataclysm?• So far the devaluation has acted as a safety valve for the most immediate pressures.• Fortuitously, the advancing Union forces operated as a safety valve.• Humor can be a safety valve in high pressure situations.• Then an interesting phenomenon takes place: they become a safety valve.• It is a safety valve, you might say a brothel of the mind.• Sometimes, a safety valve may be fitted into the boiler flow pipe; a draincock is always fitted in the return. From Longman Business Dictionary safety valveˈsafety valve noun [countableC] a small part on a machine that opens to let out steam or pressure when it becomes too great the safety valve device on the boiler
随便看	talk show talkshow talk shows talkshows talk smack talk somebody down talk somebody into something talk somebody out of something talk somebody's ear off talk somebody/something ↔ down talk some sense into talk some sense into sb talk some sense into somebody talk (some) sense into somebody talk something down talk something out talk something over talk something up talk something ↔ out talk something ↔ over talk something ↔ up talk/speak in riddles talkss talk sth down talk sth out