释义 |
handraulic, a.|hænˈdrɔːlɪk| [f. hand n. + hydraulic a.] Of something done by hand rather than by machine. Hence hanˈdraulically adv.
1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 90 Handraulic power,..with a pun on hydraulic. Ibid. 103 Johnny Armstrong, the elementary motive power known in the Navy as ‘handraulic’, used for ‘pully-haully’ work. 1962Times 4 Aug. 8/6 The ease with which even a battleship could be set in motion ‘handraulically’ was once vividly demonstrated. Ibid. 8/7 ‘Rolling ship’ is more than just a spectacular display of ‘handraulic’ power. It is a good way of getting refloated. 1963Flight International LXXXIII. 291/3 There are two general approaches to automation of the complex organisation of a traffic control centre: either a complete system is designed and tested more or less in isolation and transferred as an entity from the experimental stage into the working, or the existing ‘handraulic’ system is improved step-by-step until a clearer picture of an ultimate requirement emerges. |