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

foot screw n. (a) an instrument of torture used to compress a person's foot; cf. screw n.¹ 7 (historical); (b) one of several small supporting feet screwed into the base of an object, implement, etc., which can be adjusted to alter its level.

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1738 E. A. Burgis Ann. Church III. 418 The finger and foot-screw, the press, the nose-pincer, the ear and lip-borers, and other instruments made to lop-off and mangle our members.

1773 J. Ramsden Descr. New Universal Equatoreal 4 Set the bubble right (if it be wrong) by the foot screw at the end of the Level.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 315/2 By touching the foot-screws of the tripod or theodolite set the level-bubbles in the middle.

1850 A. Webb Martyrs Carthage I. xii. 276 ‘I am weary of listening to such impiety;..bring hither the foot-screw.’.. The engine of torture was laid on the table.

1994 N. N. Basak Surv. & Levelling 265 Before starting the levelling operation, all the foot screws are brought to the centre of their run.

2005 G. Brock tr. U. Eco Mysterious Flame Queen Loana vi. 108 Various types of tortures: boiling,..fire,..the gridiron,..foot screws, [etc.].

单词	foot screw
释义	> as lemmas foot screw foot screw n. (a) an instrument of torture used to compress a person's foot; cf. screw n.¹ 7 (historical); (b) one of several small supporting feet screwed into the base of an object, implement, etc., which can be adjusted to alter its level. ΚΠ 1738 E. A. Burgis Ann. Church III. 418 The finger and foot-screw, the press, the nose-pincer, the ear and lip-borers, and other instruments made to lop-off and mangle our members. 1773 J. Ramsden Descr. New Universal Equatoreal 4 Set the bubble right (if it be wrong) by the foot screw at the end of the Level. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 315/2 By touching the foot-screws of the tripod or theodolite set the level-bubbles in the middle. 1850 A. Webb Martyrs Carthage I. xii. 276 ‘I am weary of listening to such impiety;..bring hither the foot-screw.’.. The engine of torture was laid on the table. 1994 N. N. Basak Surv. & Levelling 265 Before starting the levelling operation, all the foot screws are brought to the centre of their run. 2005 G. Brock tr. U. Eco Mysterious Flame Queen Loana vi. 108 Various types of tortures: boiling,..fire,..the gridiron,..foot screws, [etc.]. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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