| vapor lock | (n) a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor), Syn. vapour lock |
| ベーパーロック;ベーパロック;ベイパーロック | [be-pa-rokku ; be-parokku ; beipa-rokku] (n) vapor lock [Add to Longdo] |