| 单词 | angle iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangle iron angle iron n. (a) (as mass noun) metal (esp. iron or steel) in the form of bars or lengths having an L-shaped cross-section, used esp. to strengthen, support, or secure a structure or framework; (b) (as a count noun) a piece of metal cast in this form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > angle-bracket bracket1627 fid1644 angle bracket1733 crank1769 angle bar1793 gusset18.. angle iron1819 angle plate1850 1819 T. S. Peckston Theory & Pract. Gas-lighting xiii. 243 That vessel consists..of nothing save the plate-iron rivetted together, and one small breadth of angle iron at the bottom and another round the top, inside. 1822 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 118 Riveting along the..gunwale of the boat ‘angle irons’, thin bars, or narrow plates of iron, turned over at right angles. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 422 Cells formed of boiler-plates riveted together with angle-iron. 1941 Mariner's Mirror 27 191 An angle iron for the mast wedging is..fitted and riveted to the plate around the mast holes. 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) ii. 74 He had joined together two sides of the kennel, using two small angle-irons he found in the gardener's tool-box. 2004 M. Oke Times of our Lives 130 A heavy sheet of metal about six foot by five foot, supported by heavy angle iron on the corners. < as lemmas |
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