| 单词 | out of mesh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of mesh 5. Engineering. A state of engagement between gearwheels (or their teeth), toothed racks, or the like. in mesh: (of gearwheels or their teeth) engaged with each other; similarly out of mesh. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding shrenchc897 beswapec980 taglea1340 tanglea1340 gyve1377 encumber138. engleimc1400 wrapc1412 involvec1440 fetter1526 mesh1532 crawl1548 felter1567 to tie up1570 in trick1572 ensnarl1593 entrammel1598 engage1603 casta1605 imbrier1605 weave1620 immaze1631 trammel1727 enchain1751 entangle1790 enmesh1822 in mesh1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1421/1 Mesh, 1. (Gearing.) Or mash. The engagement of the teeth of wheels with each other or with an adjacent object, as the rack, in a rack and pinion movement. 1904 A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist 78 When the top gear is engaged, none of the other gears are in mesh, although they rotate. 1905 R. T. Sloss Bk. Automobile 207 The gears must be thrown into mesh sharply or not at all. 1921 A. F. Hall Handbk. Yosemite Nat. Park 308 Many drivers have the habit of coasting with their gears out of mesh. 1948 Motor Manual (ed. 33) vii. 126 If one wheel has 20 teeth and another has 40, the two being in mesh, then the larger one will turn exactly half as fast as the smaller one. 1972 ‘J. Bonett’ & ‘E. Bonett’ No Time to Kill xi. 143 The gears of his brain, he reflected, were not in mesh. A walk before breakfast might re-engage them. 1984 Antiquarian Horology Dec. 152/2 Another wheel..is in mesh with the date wheel and also of course rotates once a month. < as lemmas |
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