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单词 gasket
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gas•ket /ˈgæskɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mechanical Engineeringa rubber, metal, or rope ring for placing around an opening or joint to make it close tight.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gas•ket  (gaskit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mechanical Engineeringa rubber, metal, or rope ring, for packing a piston or placing around a joint to make it watertight.
  2. Nautical, Naval Termsany of a number of light lines for securing a furled sail to a boom, gaff, or yard.
  • French garcette a plait of rope
  • perh. 1615–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gasket /ˈɡæskɪt/ n
  1. a compressible packing piece of paper, rubber, asbestos, etc, sandwiched between the faces or flanges of a joint to provide a seal
  2. a piece of line used as a sail stop
  3. blow a gasketslang to burst out in anger
Etymology: 17th Century (in the sense: rope lashing a furled sail): probably from French garcette rope's end, literally: little girl, from Old French garce girl, feminine of gars boy, servant
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