单词 | turnstile |
释义 | turnstilen. a. A gateway formed of four radiating arms of timber or iron at right angles to each other, revolving horizontally on a fixed vertical post, set up in a passage or entrance, originally to exclude any but foot-passengers; now often to prevent the passage of more than one person at a time at a place where fees, fares, or tickets are collected, or where it is desired to count those passing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > turnstile wheel14.. turnpike1545 whirl-gate1550 turning-stile1611 turnstilea1643 turning-wheel1669 moulinet1706 tourniquet1706 turnabout1805 turn-gate1905 a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant v. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. e4v Double forked Like a Turn Stile, or some such Engin. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 48 I can devise none fitter then Weather-cocks and a Turne-stile. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 60 Where twirling Turnstiles intercept the Way, The Thwarting Passenger shall force them round. 1818 Leigh's New Picture London 313 The kind of iron turn-stiles, which admit of only one person passing at a time. 1861 All Year Round 29 June 324 The railway station is full, the voluminous gowns are jamming up the ticket collectors' turnstiles. 1890 Spectator 31 May 756 Sixty thousand passed the turnstiles of the Zoological Gardens. b. attrib. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > having (a) gate(s) > types of gate leavy?1611 turnstile1688 five-bar1709 five-barred1733 paled1800 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 336/2 A Turning Hatch, or Turnstyle gate. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. (at cited word) A turnstile counter for omnibuses and cars is described in English patent No. 2189, of 1854. Turnstile-register,..for registering the number of persons who pass through a turnstile. 1896 Daily News 21 Aug. 3/5 Turnstile attendant at the Crystal Palace. 1952 D. G. Fink Princ. Television Engin. (ed. 2) vii. 367 Decoupling in the antenna itself is accomplished by separating the elements of the turnstile antenna..into two orthogonal groups and connecting these groups in a bridge circuit. 1952 D. G. Fink Princ. Television Engin. (ed. 2) vii. 371 The appearance of two horizontal dipoles at right angles has given rise to the descriptive term turnstile radiator. 1959 K. Henney Radio Engin. Handbk. (ed. 5) xx. 76 Many forms of vertical arrays have already been evolved using magnetic dipoles, turnstile elements, or current sheets. 1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vii. 16 Turnstile aerial, aerial consisting of one or more tiers, each tier being a combination of two horizontal dipoles arranged in the form of a right angled cross. 1978 Nature 5 Oct. 375/2 The VHF system consists of duplicate transponders and a four-element turnstile antenna. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1643 |
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