| 单词 | pull-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspull-line a. Forming nouns with the sense ‘used by, for, or in pulling’ (cf. pulling n. Compounds 1), as pull-line, pull rod, pull trigger, etc. ΚΠ 1863 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 33 247 Ferried across without accident, we climbed up the right bank, aided by a pull-line. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 449/3 This was a drawback to the Pioneers the open sight and heavy pull trigger being strange to them. 1886 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 43 Both have overhead flushing reservoirs,..operated by pull-chain. 1903 Motor. Ann. 296 Look for stretch in the pull-rods, and wear off the braking surfaces. 1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 3 Jan. 28/6 A pull chain..rotates the shell in either direction. 1991 Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 39 2598/2 A wire..was inserted into the grip through a hole drilled into the pull rod connected to the top of the upper grip. 2004 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 21 Nov. v. 8 The toilet flushed with a pull chain dangling from the vast heights of the ceiling. < as lemmas |
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