| 单词 | water-screw |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-screw water-screw n. now rare a device for raising water by means of a helix rotating within a tube, an Archimedean screw; (more generally) any water pump working on the same principle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water well bucket1477 flail?a1500 kettle-mill1570 scoop1580 water engine1611 chain-pumpa1618 cochlea1648 water-screw1648 engine1652 bucket-fountain1663 chain1682 noria1696 tub-engine1702 tub-gin1702 well-pole1727 screw engine1729 rag1747 rag pump1747 swape1773 picotah1780 water balance1800 ram1801 well sweep1818 shadoof1836 hydraulic belt1856 water carrier1875 bailer1883 trip-bucket1926 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xv. 275 Their invention of Archimedes..which is usually called Cochlea, or the water-screw. 1773 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) 228 Archimedes's water screw. 1802 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Oct. 86 But if the coating is detached, so as to remain at rest while the spirals revolve, the machine is called a waterscrew. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 94 They discuss wind power, solar power, water-screws from the Middle East and Egypt, new ways of building dams. < as lemmas |
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