| 单词 | chassis |
| 释义 | chassis (once / 12455 pages) n A chassis is the frame of a car. If you warp the chassis of your mom’s car when you make a Dukes of Hazzard jump, she's going to be mad. Pronounce chassis CHASS-ee (singular) and CHASS-eez (plural). Chassis comes from the Latin capsa, meaning box. In the 1600s, chassis referred to window frames, and starting with early automobile production, acquired its dominant meaning, i.e., the box that is the frame for the car. It also means other kinds of frame/boxes too — if you have a radio or a stereo, the outside box is called a chassis. WORD FAMILYchassis USAGE EXAMPLESHandshakes and backslaps to the engineers who tuned the chassis. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) If political violence was the fuel of the redemption machine, new disenfranchising laws comprised its chassis and the Democratic party was its engineer. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Abeyta, the architect, refers to the casino as “the chassis,” which is centrally located along the spine of the rectangular building. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) 1n the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor Hyper frame, skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape 2n a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device Hypo|Hyper radio chassis a chassis for a radio receiver mounting framework used for support or display 3n alternative names for the body of a human being Syn|Hypo|Hyper anatomy, bod, build, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma person a human body (usually including the clothing) juvenile bodythe body of a young person adult bodythe body of an adult human being male bodythe body of a male human being female bodythe body of a female human being child's bodythe body of a human child adult female body, woman's bodythe body of an adult woman adult male body, man's bodythe body of an adult man body, organic structure, physical structure the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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