单词 | drive wheel |
释义 | > as lemmasdrive wheel drive wheel n. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪv wiːl/ , U.S. /ˈdraɪv ˌ(h)wil/ a driving wheel, esp. of a railway locomotive (see driving wheel n. 2a).ΚΠ 1856 R. Hunt U.S. Patent 14,547 1/2 This horse or drive wheel is forty feet in diameter with twelve arms twenty feet long. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail ii. 28 The drive-wheels will slip. 1948 N. Cassady Let. 4 Aug. (2005) 95 Often, as I sit on the sand-box of the huge locomotives, I am lulled into a stupor by the drive-wheels' rhythm. 1996 Independent 23 Aug. (24seven Suppl.) 2/3 The wonderful Windcheetah, a recumbent with two wheels at the front and a drive wheel behind. 2014 MailOnline (Nexis) 5 May They are essentially two engines under one boiler, with two sets of eight drive wheels, each set powered by two enormous cylinders. < as lemmas |
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