| 单词 | breaking-down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreaking-down breaking-down n. the action of converting a log into sawn timber; also attributive; cf. to break down 6 at break v. Phrasal verbs and breakdown n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > initial cutting from logs breaking-down1883 breakdown1923 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration unravelling1606 disgregation1611 disintegration1794 break-up1795 disaggregation1819 breaking-down1883 break-away1885 breakdown1928 1883 M. P. Bale Saw-mills xxxviii. 331 Breaking down, in sawing, is dividing the baulk into boards or planks. 1913 A. I. Carr Country Work & Life N.Z. xxiv. 40 ‘Breast’ benches (where the flitches from the breaking-down saw are cut into commercial sizes) are still used in many mills. 1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber iv. 81 The breaking down of the log continued until it was reduced to a size which could be worked by the saws C and D. 1949 E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career 162 The scream of the bandsaws on the breaking-down bench. < as lemmas |
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