| 单词 | screw pile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrew pile screw pile n. and adj. (a) n. a pile (pile n.1 3a) with a large screw or helical blade at its lower end, designed to be wound, rather than driven, into the ground; (b) adj. constructed using screw piles; involving or relating to such foundation piles.Screw piles were used extensively during the early 19th century in the construction of lighthouses. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [adjective] > with piles pile-driven1818 screw pile1840 pile-built1851 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s) > pile(s) pilelOE piling1422 spile1513 piloti1674 stilt1697 drift1721 bearing pile?1761 sheet-piling1789 sheeting-pile1837 screw pile1840 sheet-pile1841 sheath-piling1902 1840 John Bull 2 Feb. 58/2 The Foot of Wyre Lighthouse..has, to the immortalising of Mitchell's patent screw-piles and to the marine surveyor's proposition, unflinchingly braved the unusual trial of a gale from open sea at the height of a spring tide. 1840 Hull Packet 27 Mar. 4/3 (headline) Fleetwood-on-wyre.—Screw-pile lighthouse. 2002 M. Mulvihill Ingenious Ireland i. 33/1 The board opted to use a new ‘screw pile’ technique developed for use in soft ground by Irish engineer, Alexander Mitchell. 2009 B. Berge Ecol. Building Materials (ed. 2) xii. 194 (caption) When the building is demolished the screw piles can easily be unscrewed and re-used. < as lemmas |
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