单词 | recarboning |
释义 | recarboningn. Now historical and rare. The replacement of the carbon electrodes in a carbon arc lamp (cf. carbon n. 2). ΚΠ 1888 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 17 Feb. 163/1 The arc lamps are of the usual Gülcher globe type, with telescopes for lowering the globes for recarboning. 1924 Sci. Monthly Sept. 294 The enclosed arc, giving long burning hours and thus reducing the cost of re-carboning, was introduced in 1893. 2005 V. Smil Creating Twentieth Cent. ii. 38 They [sc. glass-encloded arcs] did not lower the cost of recarboning enough to make arcs a better choice than advanced gas lighting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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。