单词 | dashboard |
释义 | dashboardn. 1. a. A board or leathern apron in the front of a vehicle, to prevent mud from being splashed by the heels of the horses upon the interior of the vehicle. Also, movable sides to a cart for the same purpose (Halliwell). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > board or leather apron at front apron1790 dashing-leather1794 knee-boot1794 splashing-board1809 splash-board1826 boot1828 dashboard1847 apron-cloth1857 dasher1858 dash1868 splasher1887 storm apron1895 1847 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1846 81 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (29th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 52) III An improvement in sleighs, principally connected with the dash-board, has been patented this year. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 635/1 Adjusting-iron for dash-lamps suitable for sweeps of carriage dash-boards. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 172 He fell asleep, his feet over the dashboard, and his head resting on my shoulder. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 77 If you fasten the reins to the dashboard, you may trust Felix. b. In motor vehicles, the panel beneath the windscreen on which electrical instruments and controls are mounted. Also in aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard instrument board1839 instrument panel1897 dash1902 dashboard1904 fascia-board1924 fascia1955 fascia-panel1957 1904 A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist iv. 114 A cooling apparatus has now been fitted behind the bonnet and in front of the dashboard. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son v. §1 Sorrell remained by the car. He liked the colour of it, and the compact brightness of the dash-board. 1942 Electronic Engin. 15 9 A course meter on the dashboard gives a rough indication of distances. 2. a. The spray-board of a paddle-wheel. b. In calico printing (see quot. 1860). ΚΠ 1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) II. 7 Dash wheels..were revolving wheels having dash-boards, which are much used in the washing processes necessary in calico printing. 3. Architecture. A sloping board to carry off rainwater from the face of a wall. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > structures for throwing off rainwater water board1372 water table1428 water tabling1520 weatherboard1568 weather-spar1632 throat1736 weathering1739 creasing1823 weather-table1839 dashboard1881 watershed1886 waterboarding1927 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1298 A piece of wood attached to the face of the wall at an angle and called a dash-board. 4. In a churn: see dash n.1 13. Draft additions March 2012 Computing. A screen giving a graphical summary of various types of information, typically used to give an overview of (part of) a business or organization. ΚΠ 1990 Computerworld 19 Feb. 109/2 A key concept for implementing a metric program is the idea of a measurement ‘dashboard’. 1998 C. Meyer in J. R. Katzenbach Work of Teams iv. 53 Companies may find it helpful to create a computerized ‘dashboard’, which inexpensive graphics software has made easy to do. 2003 CIO 15 July 44/1 The dashboard is designed to look like a website and allow executives to click on a specific product to track how it moves. 2010 J. Siarto Head First WordPress viii. 276 The main line graph in the dashboard shows daily ‘traffic’ to our site over the past 30 days. Draft additions June 2021 dashboard camera n. a small video camera mounted on a vehicle's dashboard or attached to the inside of its windscreen, used to record the view ahead; frequently as a modifier; cf. dashcam n.Some dashboard cameras (also) record views other than straight ahead, e.g. the interior of the vehicle and its passengers. ΚΠ 1971 L. Zimpel Meeting Bear 109 It can be operated in total darkness—‘through housing project parking lots and slum alleys’—by means of a miniature dashboard camera that requires no light, the picture of which remotely controls the vehicle through only those passages that will accommodate it. 1987 Autocar 8 July 9/1 The radar gun is concealed behind the police car's radiator grille and is linked to a dashboard camera which automatically records the speed and number plate of the offender. 1991 Times 17 Oct. 14/3 A tiny dashboard camera watches the driver to count his or her blink rate and detect head movements to ensure the driver is awake. 2015 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 12/3 Dashboard camera footage shows a teenager being hit by a 40-ton truck while playing ‘chicken’ but limping off with just a bruised ankle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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