英语词汇“capstan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cap·stan

(kăpstən, -stăn′)

1. Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting, consisting of a vertical, manually or mechanically rotated cylinder around which the cable to be pulled runs.

2. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.

[Middle English, from Norman French, from Old Provençal cabestan, from cabestre, noose, from Latin capistrum, halter, probably from capere, to seize; see kap- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	capstan
释义	cap·stan (kăpstən, -stăn′) n. 1. Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting, consisting of a vertical, manually or mechanically rotated cylinder around which the cable to be pulled runs. 2. A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder. [Middle English, from Norman French, from Old Provençal cabestan, from cabestre, noose, from Latin capistrum, halter, probably from capere, to seize; see kap- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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