| 单词 | on the wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the wheel at or in the wheel, of horses, next to the carriage, in the place of the wheelers (see wheeler n. 3) as opposed to the leaders. on the wheel, on wheels, riding in wheeled vehicles. (See also 13b.)extracted from wheeln.on the wheel a. The revolving part of a turning-lathe, or of a potter's lathe (potter's wheel: see potter's wheel n. at potter n.1 Compounds 2a); also allusively, as in on the wheel = in process of being fashioned, in the making. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > potter's lathe > horizontal wheel of wheela1382 potter's wheel1609 whirling-table1764 throwing table1855 slow wheel1925 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase] in handc1405 in expeditiona1616 on (also upon) the anvil1645 on the wheel1677 in progress1849 in the works1870 in process1906 in the pipeline1945 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xviii. 3 And Y cam doun in to the hous of the crockere, and lo! he made a werc vp on a whel. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. v. sig. Rijv As well proportioned as if it had ben made of a tourners hande, at his wheele. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xviii. 153 While they are upon the Wheel (as a Potters Vessel in the Prophet) they are often marred. 1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery (1697) 9 Our Reformation was on the Wheel. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pottery The Wheel and Lathe are the Chief, almost the only Instruments, used in Pottery. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 39 Potters..have their wheel at hand, that they may work a little when they please. < as lemmas |
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