| 单词 | capstan |
| 释义 | capstan /kap"steuhn, -stan/, n. 1. any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc. 2. a rotating spindle or shaft, powered by an electric motor, that transports magnetic tape past the heads of a tape recorder at a constant speed. [1350-1400; ME < MF cabestan(t) < OPr cabestan, var. of cabestran, presumably prp. of *cabest(r)ar, a v. deriv. of cabestre halter < L capistrum] |
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