| 释义 |
self-starting, ppl. a.
[self- 4.]
That comes into operation automatically or semi-automatically. Of a motor vehicle: fitted with a self-starter. Also fig.
1866Proc. Inst. Mech. Engineers 268 An arrangement for rendering the self-adjusting injector also self-starting has been contrived at the writer's works. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 500/1 Another form of the self-starting injector. 1910Daily Mail Year Bk. 157/1 A few non-dazzling headlights, and one or two dual ignition and self-starting devices. 1912Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 556/2 Self-starting motor-cars. 1927M. Asquith Lay Sermons i. 22 After making elaborate notes on all his self-starting symptoms, he wrote a long prescription. 1965Wireless World July 56/1 (Advt.), Synchronous electric clock movements... Self starting. |