| 单词 | rotor |
| 释义 | rotor /roh"teuhr/, n. 1. Elect. a rotating member of a machine. Cf. stator (def. 1). 2. Aeron. a system of rotating airfoils, as the horizontal ones of a helicopter or of the compressor of a jet engine. 3. any of a number of tall, cylindrical devices mounted on a special ship (rotor ship) and rotated in such a way that the Magnus effect of wind impinging on the cylinders is used to drive and maneuver the vessel. 4. (in a self-winding watch) a weight eccentrically mounted on an arbor for keeping the mainspring wound. [1873; short for ROTATOR] |
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