| 单词 | wheel-pit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswheel-pit wheel-pit n. (a) a space enclosed by masonry for a large wheel, as a fly-wheel or turbine, to turn in; (b) dialect a whirlpool. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun] swallowa700 weelc897 suckc1220 swallowinga1387 swelthc1400 swirlc1425 gorce1480 vorage1490 whirlpool1530 gourd1538 gulf1538 poolc1540 hurlpool1552 whirlpit1564 sea-gulf1571 maelstrom1588 vorago1654 well1654 gurges1664 gurge1667 swelchiea1688 vortex1704 tourbillion1712 whirly-pool1727 wheel-pit1828 sea-puss1839 turn-hole1851 suck-hole1909 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > space for race1825 wheel-pit1828 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wheel-pit, a whirlpool. 1850 S. Judd Richard Edney iii. 43 The subordinate branches were carried on below, under the ‘bed’, or main floor of the mill, near the wheel-pit. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wheel-pit, a walled hole for the heavy fly-wheel of a train of rolls, etc. < as lemmas |
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