| 单词 | power block |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspower block power block n. (a) Politics = power bloc n.; (b) Fishing a power-driven pulley used to haul in a fishing net. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation > with its allies power bloc1925 power block1928 society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley(s) mounted in case > types of snatch-blocka1625 runnera1738 jack block1794 mufflea1830 snatch1850 fiddle-block1858 truss-block1883 spider-sheave1903 power block1928 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > ally > group of allied states community1780 international community1832 Amphictyony1835 power bloc1925 power block1928 axis1936 club1950 1928 H. Quigley & R. T. Clark Republican Germany 154 Something akin to an Alpine power block radiating out to cover ultimately a European zone. 1960 M. Sharcott Place of Many Winds ii. 37 The power block has come into use so that the men no longer have to pull the net by hand. 1999 J. R. Nicolson Shetland Fisherman v. 71 A power block situated aft was becoming a standard fitting on both seiners and trawlers. 2003 New Yorker 4 Aug. 80/1 We are a thoroughly secularized lot, all the more skeptical of God-talk given the rise of fervid evangelical power blocks at home and abroad. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。