| 单词 | screw-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrew-post screw-post n. (a) a threaded pin or post used as a point of attachment to which something can be fastened; (in later use) esp. a post of this kind used in dentistry as a point of attachment for a crown; †(b) the post, in the stern of a ship, through which the shaft of the screw propeller passes (obsolete). ΚΠ 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiv. 97 Two Screw posts. 1851 U.S. Patent 7,889 1/2 To put the machine in operation it is only necessary to attach the wires of the battery to the screw-posts. 1857 Mechanics' Mag. 19 Sept. 279/2 He increases the width of that part of the ship adjacent to the screw post throughout its entire length. 1918 F. F. Pease Mod. Shipbuilding Terms 77/1 Screw post, propeller post. The inner sternpost of a screw steamer. 2011 K. M. Hargreaves & S. R. Cohen Cohen's Pathways of Pulp (ed. 10) xi. 425/1 Screw posts are not a reasonable and prudent treatment choice. < as lemmas |
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