单词 | testing station |
释义 | > as lemmastesting station attributive and in other combinations. Pertaining to or used for testing, as testing-box, testing-machine, testing-office, testing station, etc. testing-ground n. an area used for demonstration and experiment; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > area used for testing proving ground1835 testing-ground1872 1872 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 71 Since the battle field is the only thorough testing ground for weapons and military schemes. 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 272 At certain stations along the line the wires are led into testing-boxes for the purpose of affording facilities for crossing, disconnecting, and putting them to earth... The testing station is always the most important station on the circuit. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2538/2 In Fairbanks's testing-machine, the crushing, breaking, or deflecting force is applied..by a cross-head. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 111 In the same range as the roller shop is the laboratory, and further on is the testing-office. 1905 Daily Chron. 22 Apr. 6/4 A six~cylinder racing car with a testing body passed at a speed that was not less than forty-five miles an hour. 1919 H. S. Walpole Secret City ii. vii. 213 I turned and devoted myself to Uncle Ivan, who was always delighted to make me a testing-ground for his English. 1943 in R. V. Jones Most Secret War (1978) xxxvii. 322 The new weapon is in the form of a rocket which has been seen fired from the testing ground. < as lemmas |
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