单词 | gudgeon |
释义 | gudgeon1/ˈɡʌdʒ(ə)n /noun 1A small edible European freshwater fish, often used as bait by anglers.
2 archaic A credulous or easily fooled person.Has the old gudgeon never heard of a celebratory glass of champagne? OriginLate Middle English: from Old French goujon, from Latin gobio(n-), from gobius 'goby'. Rhymesgudgeon2/ˈɡʌdʒ(ə)n /noun 1A pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object swings or rotates.Between rings, the bell wheels squeaked in their gudgeons like an old barn door. 1.1The tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to unite the joint.As far as the engine is concerned, it has all the latest technology in its manufacture, with race-spec wrist pins on the gudgeons, oil sprayed special pistons, you name it. 1.2A socket at the stern of a boat, into which a rudder is fitted. 1.3A pin holding two blocks of stone together.Five or six head staves are fitted together with wooden dowels or stainless steel gudgeons (headless nails). OriginMiddle English: from Old French goujon, diminutive of gouge (see gouge). |
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