| 单词 | half-wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-wheel half-wheel n. (a) a semicircular structure, usually one pivoting on an axis; †(b) a movement or turn through approximately 180 degrees (obsolete). Π 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. 63 Extending to the out-circumference of the horizontal half wheel. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 99 The Base Troop wheels more than a ‘half-wheel’. 1971 A. Burgess MF ii. 22 If you didn't wish to eat..at the huge half-wheel of the counter, you had to be nooked between wooden partitions. 1998 D. Hecht Skull Session i. i. 9 Linc lazily shoved the half-wheel and the plane dropped further. half-wheel (a) In Military tactics, dress, etc., as half-squadron, half-turn, half-wheel; Cf. demi- prefix 6. Also half-face n., etc. ΚΠ 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 73 The..troops wheel half right. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 99 The Base Troop wheels more than a ‘half-wheel’. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 103 The Troops wheel half-left. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 11 Right half turn. Front turn. < as lemmas |
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