单词 | car battery |
释义 | > as lemmascar battery car battery n. †(a) Military a two-wheeled carriage used to carry ammunition and gunners (obsolete. rare); (b) a battery used in a car; (in later use chiefly) spec. a lead-acid battery supplying electrical energy for a motor vehicle's ignition system, starter motor, lights, and other electrical components. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > two-wheeled cart tumbril1639 car battery1876 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > ammunition cart or wagon ammunition wagon1648 caisson1704 powder cart1795 car battery1876 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) at Wurst Car Battery—A kind of carriage used by the French, in 1791, with the view of improving the mobility of field batteries. 1886 T. A. Edison in N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 287 The current from the car battery and the roof of the car is of such a nature that the wave of electricity..lasts only about one 500,000th of a second. 1934 Discovery Nov. 324/2 A hand starter is provided on the engine, or it may be started from a car battery. 1978 G. C. Hill & J. S. Holman Chem. in Context xiii. 196 Virtually all car batteries are composed of either three or six lead-acid cells. 1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Jan. 12 In California, EV-1 drivers can only recharge their car batteries at home or at one of 150 sites in the State. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 313 Jack jerks in his chair like you've brought out a car battery and clamped the shockers to his wedding tackle. < as lemmas |
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