英语词汇“armstrong's patent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

attributive. Designating a tool, method, etc., which requires or involves physical strength or exertion as opposed to mechanical assistance. Also in Armstrong's patent: a tool, machine, etc., that requires physical strength or exertion; the physical strength or exertion required. See Johnny Armstrong n. at Johnny n. Compounds 2.

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1897 Amer. Engineer, Car Builder & Railroad Jrnl. Feb. 51/2 Get it into place on the car with the old-fashioned ‘armstrong’ method.

1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 5/1 Armstrong wheeler, wheelbarrow when a hobo has to use it.

1959 R. Campbell I would do It Again xxi. 136 When he got a bite, he used the armstrong hoist.

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 15 Armstrong's patent, any machinery that has to be worked by hand.

1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 4 Armstrong starter, a hand crank used on early trucks.

1976 New Society 5 Aug. 278/1 This was before traction engines and 'lectric motors what I'm talking about. All we had were our hands, ‘Armstrong's Patent’ we used to call it.

1994 Sports Illustr. 25 Apr. 4h/3 (advt.) You can always use the old-fashioned ‘armstrong’ method.

单词	armstrong's patent
释义	> as lemmas Armstrong's patent attributive. Designating a tool, method, etc., which requires or involves physical strength or exertion as opposed to mechanical assistance. Also in Armstrong's patent: a tool, machine, etc., that requires physical strength or exertion; the physical strength or exertion required. See Johnny Armstrong n. at Johnny n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1897 Amer. Engineer, Car Builder & Railroad Jrnl. Feb. 51/2 Get it into place on the car with the old-fashioned ‘armstrong’ method. 1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 5/1 Armstrong wheeler, wheelbarrow when a hobo has to use it. 1959 R. Campbell I would do It Again xxi. 136 When he got a bite, he used the armstrong hoist. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 15 Armstrong's patent, any machinery that has to be worked by hand. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 4 Armstrong starter, a hand crank used on early trucks. 1976 New Society 5 Aug. 278/1 This was before traction engines and 'lectric motors what I'm talking about. All we had were our hands, ‘Armstrong's Patent’ we used to call it. 1994 Sports Illustr. 25 Apr. 4h/3 (advt.) You can always use the old-fashioned ‘armstrong’ method. extracted from Armstrongn.² < as lemmas
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