英语词汇“escapement”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	escapement
释义	escapement /i skayp"meuhnt/, n. 1. Horol. the portion of a watch or clock that measures beats and controls the speed of the going train. Cf. anchor escapement, deadbeat (def. 1), lever escapement. 2. a mechanism for regulating the motion of a typewriter carriage, consisting of pawls and a toothed wheel or rack. 3. a mechanism in a piano that causes a hammer to fall back into rest position immediately after striking a string. 4. an act of escaping. 5. Archaic. a way of escape; outlet. [1730-40; ESCAPE + -MENT (calque of F échappement]
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