单词 | ring joint |
释义 | > as lemmasring joint ring joint n. (a) a pipe joint formed of circular flanges; (b) Entomology each of several very short segments at the base of the antennal flagellum in some hymenoptera. ΚΠ 1837 U.S. Patent 5,032 1/2 The yielding of which plate shall give sufficient room for the expansion of the pipe, thereby avoiding the necessity of using stuffing boxes, or the ordinary copper hemispherical ring joint for side pipes of steam engines. 1888 J. H. Comstock Introd. Entomol. ii. 11 The funicle is that part of the clavola between the club and the ring-joints. 1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. 14 In some insects, particularly among Hymenoptera, the flagellum is divisible into the ring-joints, the funicle, and the club. 1994 Offshore (Nexis) Oct. 88 The flange faces are pressed tightly together giving a rigid union that functions like a ring joint. < as lemmas |
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