| 单词 | truss |
| 释义 | Word Frequency truss(trʌs) verb (transitive) 1. (sometimes foll by up) to tie, bind, or bundle to truss up a prisoner 2. to fasten or bind the wings and legs of (a fowl) before cooking to keep them in place 3. to support or stiffen (a roof, bridge, etc) with structural members 4. informal to confine (the body or a part of it) in tight clothes 5. falconry (of falcons) to hold (the quarry) in the stoop without letting go 6. medicine to supply or support with a truss noun 7. a structural framework of wood or metal, esp one arranged in triangles, used to support a roof, bridge, etc 8. medicine a device for holding a hernia in place, typically consisting of a pad held in position by a belt 9. horticulture a cluster of flowers or fruit growing at the end of a single stalk 10. nautical a metal fitting fixed to a yard at its centre for holding it to a mast while allowing movement 11. architecture another name for corbel 12. a bundle or pack 13. mainly British a bundle of hay or straw, esp one having a fixed weight of 36, 56, or 60 pounds Derived forms trusser (ˈtrusser) noun Word origin C13: from Old French trousse, from trousser, apparently from Vulgar Latin torciāre (unattested), from torca (unattested) a bundle, torch |
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