| 单词 | bascule |
| 释义 | bascule /bas"kyoohl/, n. Civ. Engin. a device operating like a balance or seesaw, esp. an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight. [1670-80; F: name for a number of seesawlike mechanical devices, MF bacule, n. deriv. of baculer to strike on the buttocks (prob. orig., to land on one's buttocks), equiv. to bas down (see BASE2) + -culer, v. deriv. of cul rump, buttocks (see CULET); -s- by false analysis as bas(se) adj. + cule taken as a fem. n.] |
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