单词 | bench-test |
释义 | bench-testv. transitive. To run a test or series of tests on (a device, component, etc.) to ensure that it is working correctly before use or before being made available commercially; to assess the performance of (a product, device, etc.) by running tests. Also occasionally intransitive (with adverb or adverbial phrase): (of a device, component, product, etc.) to give specified results during a bench test. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] > new machinery or equipment slow-time1898 bench-test1947 1947 Rec. Columbia Hist. Soc. 47 343 For some months he had bench tested the whole propulsive plant. 1959 Time 19 Jan. 54/3 By 1922 he was bench-testing in secrecy the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. 1971 Daily Tel. 16 July 7 (advt.) Thomas Mann benchtests the famous 6-cylinder XK engine. 1999 Healthy Eating Aug. 6/4 More on juicing in the September issue of Healthy Eating, where we bench-test juicing machines. 2011 J. N. Harvey Sharks of Air iii. 106 Although at first the engines bench-tested well, they would run only a short time before quitting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1947 |
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