| 单词 | well sweep |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell sweep well sweep n. a long pole mounted over a well as a lever for raising buckets of water; = sweep n. 24. 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 1818 Panoplist May 225 A man in the neighborhood fell from a well-sweep, and broke his leg. 1836 C. A. Goodrich Universal Trav. (ed. 2) i. i. 27 Here and there, by the side of the older houses, may be seen a well-sweep, a primitive contrivance to draw up water by a pole, which is attached to a beam, moving up and down on an axle. a1871 A. Cary in M. C. Ames Memorial Alice & Phoebe Cary (1873) 252 A grape-vine, shaggy and rough and red, Swings from the well-sweeps high, sharp head. 1885 E. S. Morse Japanese Homes (1886) ii. 73 In this sketch a regular New England well-sweep is seen. 2006 Old House Interiors Apr. 82/3 Consider practical elements as ornament: bee skeps, well sweeps, and birdhouses are evocative. < as lemmas |
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