| 单词 | engine wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasengine wheel engine wheel n. a wheel of an engine (in various senses); (in later use) esp. a wheel of a railway locomotive. ΚΠ a1719 E. Barlow Desription of Engine ii, in Exact Surv. Tide (1722) ii. 227 A Method much different from our Progressive Conduct, whose Engine-Wheel is light, and equiponderous on all Sides. 1857 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson xxi. 276 It had been proved to be impossible to make a locomotive engine go at ten miles an hour; but if it ever was done, he would eat a stewed engine-wheel to his breakfast! 1947 J. K. Erskine Memory Certain Persons xli. 395 The picturesque headgear fell in front of the engine wheels; he made an impulsive dash to save it, and was struck. 2003 Hindu (Nexis) 5 May Railway authorities brought in welders to remove the metal parts, which were entangled in the engine wheel. < as lemmas |
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