单词 | gudgeon |
释义 | gudgeon 1. n.   1. a small European freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, often used as bait.   2. a credulous or easily fooled person. Etymology: ME f. OF goujon f. L gobio -onis GOBY 2. n.   1. any of various kinds of pivot working a wheel, bell, etc.   2. the tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to effect the joint.   3. a socket at the stern of a boat, into which a rudder is fitted.   4. a pin holding two blocks of stone etc. together. Phrases and idioms gudgeon-pin (in an internal-combustion engine) a pin holding a piston-rod and a connecting-rod together. Etymology: ME f. OF goujon dimin. of gouge GOUGE |
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