单词 | self-delivering |
释义 | self-deliveringadj. Now historical. Designating a machine which automatically puts the product of a process into the desired state. Cf. self-delivery n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > automatic > delivery automatically self-delivering1847 self-delivery1853 1847 Boston Post 16 Jan. It [sc. a machine for making brick from dry clay] is self-feeding and self-delivering. 1864 Trans. Highl. Soc. Jan. 133 The self-delivering machinery now consisting of a series of..rakes attached to an upright shaft in such a manner as to admit of a free ascending, descending, and horizontal motion. 1993 B. J. Elliott in L. Corbett & N. J. Dix Central Scotl. 130 Beans were sown with a harrow or drill or even broadcast by hand. They could be harvested with a side self-delivering machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1847 |
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