| 单词 | hit and miss |
| 释义 | > as lemmashit and miss b. hit and miss = hit or miss at sense 22a. Also (with hyphens) attributive and spec., as hit-and-miss governor n. a type of governor used in internal-combustion engines which causes the engine to miss one or more explosions when the speed is too great. hit-and-miss ventilator n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > other parts thermo-siphon1834 crank-case1878 manifolda1884 hot tube1889 sump1894 hit-and-miss governor1897 engine pit1903 retard1903 head1904 gasket1915 gravity tank1917 cylinder block1923 transfer case1923 swirl chamber1934 manifolding1938 ignition switch1952 catalytic converter1955 small block1963 cat1988 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > slotted disc hit-and-miss ventilator1909 1897 W. E. Barton Hero in Homespun 377 They ripped up the new hit-an'-miss carpet for horse blankets. 1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville 156 Takin' 'em hit and miss, we wouldn't know the diff'rence hardly. 1902 J. E. Hutton in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) viii. 162 Many of these engines have now the ordinary hit and miss exhaust governor as well. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Hit-and-miss ventilator, a window ventilator consisting of a perforated glass disk, lying flat against, and pivoted through its center to, a correspondingly perforated window. 1931 Discovery Sept. 298/1 [Without these criteria] the procedure would be unnecessarily hit-and-miss. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 417/2 Hit-and-miss ventilator, a ventilating device consisting of a slotted plate over which may be moved another slotted plate, so that the openings for access of air may be more or less restricted as required. 1955 W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston 156 Hit-and-miss, take-a-chance breedings are fewer. 1956 G. Taylor Silver iii. 53 A simple pattern, often seen on Communion Cups, consists of rows of ‘hit and miss’ ornament. 1970 Morning Star 11 July 2 The pedlars of such gifts are only worried about the wastage involved..and the general hit-and-miss aspect of the whole business. < as lemmas |
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