单词 | scrappage |
释义 | scrappagen. = scrapping n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > discarding as useless scrap-heaping1905 scrapping1905 scrappage1949 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Mar. 8/3 Scrappage of passenger cars in 1948 was approximately half of the normal scrappage rate. 1950 Engineering 6 Jan. 26/3 Internal stresses may lead to serious scrappage on account of cracking. 1960 Economist 22 Oct. 359/1 Apart from natural growth in the population, sales are wholly for replacement and are related to the rate of scrappage and obsolescence. 1972 Guardian 29 Mar. 14/2 He says that the scrappage rate for US cars is roughly stable at 40 per cent of the new registration increase. 1976 Nature 17 June 540/2 The causes are recognised engineering factors such as shaft seals, maintenance operations, permeation and eventual scrappage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1949 |
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