| 单词 | dog power |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog power dog power n. the power of a dog, esp. harnessed to some mechanical device (as a spit or churn), or used to draw a vehicle (as a cart, sled, or the like). ΚΠ 1846 D. P. Gardner Farmer's Dict. 158/1 Churns are moved by horse or dog power, water, and even steam-engines. 1932 Geogr. Rev. 22 171 Scott made one of his few errors in distrusting dog power for his journeys. 1961 Times 14 Apr. 16 Across the Atlantic... [there was] comparable use of dog-power by treadwheel..to raise water from wells, to churn butter..and even to drive a printing press, a washing machine, and a circular saw. 2007 Alaska Outdoors (Nexis) 30 Apr. It was all our power-challenged machines could do to get everyone up the glacier... Kristan and a few others used dog power. < as lemmas |
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