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单词 screw engine
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screw enginen.

Brit. /ˈskruː ɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈskru ˌɛndʒ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screw n.1, engine n.
Etymology: < screw n.1 + engine n.
1. A device operated by turning a screw or crank; spec. a winch. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan
windas1293
wind1399
windlassc1400
fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
winch1577
draw-beam1585
wind-beam1585
winder1585
capstring1609
crab1627
guindall1628
gin1632
Jack1686
screw engine1688
twirl1688
moulineta1706
jack roll1708
wind-lifta1734
whim1738
stowce1747
whim-engine1759
macaroni gin1789
whimsy1789
winze1839
jack roller1843
wink1847
winding engine1858
fusee-windlass1874
come-along1891
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 139/2 A Hand screw, or screw engine: or Ghynne or Wynch.
2. A device used for raising water by means of the rotation of a helical surface within a closely fitting duct; Archimedes' Screw. More fully Archimedes screw engine, Archimedean screw engine. Now historical and rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
well bucket1477
flail?a1500
kettle-mill1570
scoop1580
water engine1611
chain-pumpa1618
cochlea1648
water-screw1648
engine1652
bucket-fountain1663
chain1682
noria1696
tub-engine1702
tub-gin1702
well-pole1727
screw engine1729
rag1747
rag pump1747
swape1773
picotah1780
water balance1800
ram1801
well sweep1818
shadoof1836
hydraulic belt1856
water carrier1875
bailer1883
trip-bucket1926
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks II. xx. 276 These Engines are of many and different Kinds; as First, those that are simple, as is the Siphon, Syringe, Antlia, or Single Pump, Screw Engine, and the like.
1767 J. Ferguson Lect. Suppl. 22 Archimedes's Screw-Engine for raising water.
1898 Colorado College Stud. 7 30 He [sc. Archimedes] made a further practical application of the results of his studies in this direction by the invention of the screw engine.
1995 R. Desmond Kew ii. 42 The engineer..designed this Archimedes screw engine to raise water from a 12-foot-deep well for the lake, ponds and flower-beds.
3. In a vessel: an engine that drives one or more screw propellers. Now rare and only in historical contexts.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > types of
fire waterwork1663
steam-wheel1797
Cornish engine1840
beam-engine1844
machine-whim1848
screw engine1852
donkey-engine1858
quadruple expansion1861
tandem engine1878
uniflow1971
1852 J. Bourne Treat. Screw Propeller ix. 199 Screw engines are divisible into two great classes—geared screw engines and direct-acting screw engines.
1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 537/1 (advt.) Marine Screw Engines and Boilers for driving Model Yachts from 1 to 10 feet in length.
1938 Motor Boating Jan. 211/2 James Watt and Company of Birmingham built the screw engine.
2006 Bristol Post (Nexis) 14 Feb. 38 Work on the great paddle engines was scrapped and their designer..ordered to provide screw engines in their place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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