单词 | eye plate |
释义 | > as lemmaseye plate eye plate n. (a) Zoology a plate adjacent to or covering the eye, as a scale of a reptile or a sclerite of an arthropod (now rare); (b) chiefly Nautical a small metal plate with a hole through it or (more often) a loop protruding from its surface. ΚΠ 1824 Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4 237 Small plate above the eye less than half the length of the central plate, and not twice as large as the posterior eye plate. 1830 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 4 73 By means of these plates, termed eye plates, the breast carriage is attached to the centre of the port by the breast bolt g, passing..through the gudgeons c, d, which are fixed to the ship's side. 1903 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 505 The comparative structure of the hard chitinous parts of the body, especially of the eye-plates, mouth-organs, and palps. 1923 Man. Seamanship II. iv. 93 On its upper surface are three eye~plates, to which are shackled the three legs of a chain sling. 2005 B. E. Gorenc et al. Steel Designers' Handbk. (ed. 7) viii. 249 The clearance should not exceed 0.05 times the pin diameter if the pin and the eye plates are not galvanized. < as lemmas |
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