| 单词 | doffing-cylinder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoffing-cylinder 1. In a carding machine, a comb or revolving cylinder which ‘doffs’ or strips off cotton or wool from the ‘cards’; a doffing-cylinder. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. 1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 392 When it has passed over the last cylinder on to the drum, it is taken from it by a cylinder somewhat larger than the workers, and called a doffer. 1876 J. Watts Brit. Manuf. III. 134 The doffer or doffing cylinder. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。