| 释义 |
miter box in American English a device used to guide the saw in cutting wood at an angle for a miter joint miter box in American EnglishnounCarpentry any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, esp. a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides Word origin [1670–80 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonding, routine, saber, slump, splutter |