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单词 wire rope
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Definition of wire rope in English:

wire rope

noun
  • A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands.

    a pair of parallel steel wire ropes
    mass noun the bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.
    • ‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
    • This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
    • Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
    • The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
 
 

Definition of wire rope in US English:

wire rope

noun
  • A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands; cable.

    a pair of parallel steel wire ropes
    mass noun the bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
    • Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
    • The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
    • This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
    • The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.
 
 
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