请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 going barrel
释义

> as lemmas

going barrel
going barrel n. Watchmaking and Clockmaking a barrel (barrel n. 5b) having a cogged wheel on one face, so that by the uncoiling of the spring inside it the barrel is turned and the train of gears driven.A going barrel enables the timepiece to be wound without interrupting the tension of the spring.
ΚΠ
1826 T. Reid Treat. Clock & Watch Making 390 As one [sc. a rope] of a considerably smaller diameter, even one-half, would suit the going part, the going barrel may be made shorter.
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 71 The keyless mechanism most generally adopted in English going-barrel watches.
1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) xiv. 240 Most spring clocks and watches have a ‘going barrel,’ which is in one piece with the first wheel of the train.
2011 L. Williams Echo Chamber iii. 30 The watch's rusty hand was succeeded by a misaligned going-barrel, a broken arbor, an impulse which spun too slowly.
extracted from goingn.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/25 7:08:14