单词 | splicing |
释义 | splicingn. I. Senses relating to binding or joining. 1. a. The action or operation of making a splice or splices. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > [noun] > splicing splicing1524 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > rigging a ship > rope work splicing1524 parcellingc1860 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > editing > [noun] > splicing splicing1912 1524–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 327 Paid for Splisyng of v bell Ropis, v d. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 26 Splicing is so to let one ropes end into another they shall be as firme as if they were but one rope, and this is called a round Splice; but the cut Splice is to let one into another with as much distance as you will. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 339/2 The Splicing and Bending of Cables. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 7 Exercising those who are received into the service, in knotting and splicing. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. xiii. 1929 Our spare hands were employed incessantly, in knotting and splicing. 1912 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures xii. 138 To facilitate..splicing a small clamping device is used. 1931 L. E. Clark in L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pictures ix. 144 In splicing a certain amount is lost at each end. 1973 Screen Spring 42 The montage in question is not..necessarily montage in the narrow sense (ie splicing). 1980 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 14/6 The scientists..have modified common laboratory bacteria by ‘gene splicing’ to produce human interferon. b. attributive, chiefly in the names of tools used in splicing, as splicing-block, splicing-clamp, splicing fid, splicing-hammer, splicing machine, splicing-piece, splicing-shackle, splicing-tape; also splicing process. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [adjective] > used in splicing splicing1750 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 55 Spliceing fidds are used to splice or fasten Ropes together, and are made tapering at one End. 1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 129 He was not obliged to accommodate his ignorance..by any such splicing process in words. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 55 The ends are joined together by a splicing-piece or shackle. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2280/1 Splicing-hammer, -shackle. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 842/2 Splicing Clamp. 1927 E. G. Lutz Motion-pict. Cameraman xi. 241 Joining films is made with the aid of a splicing-block which has as its main feature series of teeth over which the film-perforations fit. 1931 Wilkinson & Reis in L. Cowan Recording Sound for Motion Pictures xiv. 200 When film is spliced on a standard splicing machine, the splice crosses the sound track at right angles to its length. 1958 J. Tall Techniques Magn. Recording x. 161 The splicing tape should be laid down..at an angle. 1974 H. Bursten Questions & Answers about Tape Recording xviii. 246 The leading edge of the splicing tape presents a resistance. 2. = splice-grafting n. at splice n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > whip-grafting splicing1608 whipping1629 whip-grafting1657 tongue-grafting1710 tonguing1763 splice-grafting1815 1608 H. Plat Floraes Paradise Beautified 117 Grafting whipstock wise, and letting-in the cions into the stock by a slit... Some call this the splicing way. a1671 F. Drope Short & Sure Guid Fruit-trees (1672) iii. 40 Whip-grafting (otherwise called Backing, Packing, or Splicing). 3. The spliced part of a rope, etc.; a splice. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > [noun] > splicing > a splice round splice1627 splice1627 long splice1769 splicing1892 1892 Law Times 94 79/2 The covering of the splicing of the rope had become frayed. 1895 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Notes Menteith v. 72 A rod with as many splicings as Petrucchio's bridle. II. Something split off. ΚΠ 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Ozier The Peelings or Splicings of the former [osier] are used by Gardeners and Coopers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1524 |
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