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

vane

(vān)

1. A weathervane.

2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is moved by or used to move a fluid.

3. The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

a. The movable target on a leveling rod.

b. A sight on a quadrant or compass.

5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.

[Middle English fane, vane, from Old English fana, flag; see pan- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	vane
释义	vane (vān) n. 1. A weathervane. 2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is moved by or used to move a fluid. 3. The flattened, weblike part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. 4. a. The movable target on a leveling rod. b. A sight on a quadrant or compass. 5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile. [Middle English fane, vane, from Old English fana, flag; see pan- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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