| 单词 | mercury-tilt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmercury-tilt mercury-tilt adj. attributive designating a switch or other device in which a circuit is completed by tilting a container part-filled with mercury until the mercury comes into contact with electrodes. ΚΠ 1978 Electr. Equipm. May 35/1 Low cost moulded glass mercury tilt switches..reduce the labour content by eliminating the costly mouth blowing operation of conventional switches. 1983 P. Muldoon Quoof 53 The local councillor..upsets the delicate balance of a mercury-tilt boobytrap. 1990 Daily Tel. 18 May 2/7 The Semtex bomb..had been..fitted with a mercury-tilt detonator. < as lemmas |
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