Pawl

[pɔːl] or [pɔl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.

比利校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel.

(v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

珍宁校對

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Click, detent, catch, ratchet.

安吉洛手打

解釋/意思:

n. a short bar lying against a toothed wheel to prevent a windlass &c. from running back: a catch or click.—v.t. to stop by means of a pawl.

戴夫校對