Ratchet
['rætʃɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
(verb.) move by degrees in one direction only; 'a ratcheting lopping tool'.
乔治娜手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
(n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
艾利森手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Click, catch, detent, pawl.
吉尔伯特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Upon it was mounted a broad ratchet-wheel with a crank, while into the teeth of the wheel there played a stout, elastic slab of wood. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In this the high wheel was behind and the small one in front, and straps and ratchet wheels connected the pedals to the axle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- One was used in connection with the propelling lever, which was provided with a pawl to fit into the teeth of the reversed ratchet wheel on its forward movement. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It printed upon a sheet of paper supported on a roller, carried in a sliding frame worked by a ratchet and pawl. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Each shaft with its dial was provided with two ratchet wheels, one the reverse of the other. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The box mechanism is usually of the ratchet, step-by-step movement, familiar in district messenger call-boxes. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Finger pawls, working into ratchets at the ends of the roller, serve to rotate it after each line is printed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Bolts or ratchets are inserted through the rail, and clamp the cushion to the wall of the rail. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- So they attached levers, pulleys, ratchets and windlasses, until at last they reached the size of the great siege cross-bows, weighing eighteen pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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