单词 | inverted engine |
释义 | > as lemmasinverted engine inverted engine n. any of various types of engine in which the usual positions of the crankshaft and the cylinders are inverted, esp. (in later use) in the engine of an aeroplane. ΚΠ 1765 J. Watt Let. 16 Oct. in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt (1854) I. 10 Inverted engine, with a new piston, the first not answering. 1933 Meccano Mag. Feb. 109/2 It is fitted with three de Havilland ‘Gipsy III’ inverted engines. 2005 J. Clark From Hayseed to Jet Pilot vii. 35 The base was equipped with Fairchild PT19's with a Ryan 6-cylinder air-cooled, inverted engine. < as lemmas |
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