英语词汇“screw-borer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

screw-borer n. (a) a boring device with a helically ridged implement; (b) U.S. the oyster drill, Urosalpinx cinerea (now rare).

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1764 W. Harte Ess. Husbandry ii. 207 This jointed screw-borer may be multiplied to a length of 100 feet, in order to search for quarries, mines, &c.

1919 Commerce Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 12 July (1920) 256 A company in New Zealand wishes to purchase a dredge capable of cutting soft plastic sandstone that can not well be broken with explosives, but will cut easily with knife or screw borer.

1920 4th Ann. Rep. Conservation Comm. Maryland 74 For the first time in several years the ‘Screw Borer’ has done considerable damage in Maryland's waters.

1964 Commerc. Fisheries Rev. Feb. 34/2 Another factor that can sharply reduce an oyster set is the presence or absence of oyster enemies such as the oyster drill or ‘screw borer’.

2013 Control & Surveillance Human Afr. Trypanosomiasis Rep. WHO Expert Comm. 984 iii. 46 The word ‘trypanosome’ itself is derived from the Greek word trupanon, a screw-borer type device.

单词	screw-borer
释义	> as lemmas screw-borer screw-borer n. (a) a boring device with a helically ridged implement; (b) U.S. the oyster drill, Urosalpinx cinerea (now rare). ΚΠ 1764 W. Harte Ess. Husbandry ii. 207 This jointed screw-borer may be multiplied to a length of 100 feet, in order to search for quarries, mines, &c. 1919 Commerce Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 12 July (1920) 256 A company in New Zealand wishes to purchase a dredge capable of cutting soft plastic sandstone that can not well be broken with explosives, but will cut easily with knife or screw borer. 1920 4th Ann. Rep. Conservation Comm. Maryland 74 For the first time in several years the ‘Screw Borer’ has done considerable damage in Maryland's waters. 1964 Commerc. Fisheries Rev. Feb. 34/2 Another factor that can sharply reduce an oyster set is the presence or absence of oyster enemies such as the oyster drill or ‘screw borer’. 2013 Control & Surveillance Human Afr. Trypanosomiasis Rep. WHO Expert Comm. 984 iii. 46 The word ‘trypanosome’ itself is derived from the Greek word trupanon, a screw-borer type device. extracted from screwn.¹ < as lemmas
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