单词 | long slide |
释义 | long sliden. 1. In a steam engine: a slide valve that is sufficiently long for its back-and-forth motion to open and shut the respective ports which alternately admit steam into the piston chamber and allow exhaust steam out. disused.The fuller term long slide valve is still used in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > for regulating steam piston valve1735 induction valve1847 cross-head brasses1865 long slide1875 trip valve-gear1903 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1350/2 Long-slide, a slide-valve of such length as to govern the ports at both ends of the cylinder, and having a hollow back, which forms an eduction passage. 1890 D. K. Clark Steam Engine II. ix. 561 There is a long slide with the equilibrium passage in it, and expansion-plates on the back. 1922 Southern Engineer Feb. 42/2 The two steam valves act the same as one long slide would. 2. Curling. A method of delivery in which the player slides a long way before releasing the stone. Cf. slide n. 1g. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > types of shot or delivery inring1789 outwick1805 inwick1820 wick1823 witter shot1823 outring1824 inturn1890 out-turn1890 stug1897 draw1902 draw shot1902 in-curl1903 out-curl1903 long slide1936 slide1950 peel1984 1936 Winnipeg Free Press 7 Mar. 29/1 Delivering a rock with a long slide is far from common in Winnipeg or other western curling centres. 1962 Canada Month Apr. 26/3 The west..introduced the long slide now about twice the distance the old-style curler slides before launching his stone. 1989 M. Mott & J. Allardyce Curling Capital iii. 66/1 The long slide represented follow-through... Using it was an advantage only insofar as it made it easier to master the essential components of a sound swing delivery. 2009 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Feb. e5 There's a big difference in touch from releasing a rock after a long slide and letting it go from the end of a five-foot stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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