单词 | rocker sieve |
释义 | > as lemmasrocker sieve rocker sieve n. a cradle-like device used to wash out the mud from material which has been dug or dredged; (originally) spec. = sense 10a (now rare). ΚΠ 1869 Overland Monthly Oct. 301/2 The united crash of pebbles on hundreds of quickly agitated rocker sieves, sounded in his ear like the roar of a cotton factory. 1884 Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 27. 575 Cradle or Rocker Sieve, for washing the contents of the dredges. 1908 Mineral Resources U.S. 819 The concentrates are separated in a rocker sieve into three sizes. 2003 G. M. Kondolf et al. in G. M. Kondolf & H. Piégay Tools in Fluvial Geomorphol. xiii. 367/2 It is sieved by passing the sample through rocker sieves with large screens. < as lemmas |
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