| 单词 | right-handed mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright-handed mill right-handed mill a mill designed to be turned in a clockwise direction. ΚΠ 1805 D. Brewster in Ferguson's Lect. Mech. (new ed.) II. 164 We have represented in Plate 1..the grinding surface of the upper millstone, upon the supposition that it moves from east to west, or for what is called a right-handed mill. 1815 O. Gregory Treat. Mech. (ed. 3) II. 190 In those [roads or furrows] represented in the figures the running mill-stone is supposed to turn ‘sun-way’, or as in what is called a right-handed mill. 2002 C. McManus Right Hand, Left Hand ii. 23 Many medieval and early modern machines such as windmills, watermills and grinding machines have rotating parts (and a millstone that rotates clockwise is called a ‘right-handed mill’). < 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。