单词 | snubber |
释义 | snubbern. 1. One who administers a snub or snubs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > one who or that which humiliates stoop-gallant1551 depressor1611 humbler1611 deprimenta1624 putter-down1701 mortifier1801 squabasher1827 humiliator1850 snubber1861 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > rebuker or reprover withtakera1340 reprovera1382 undernimmera1382 undertakerc1430 rebukerc1449 checker1535 reprehender1537 reprimander1729 expostulator1795 snubber1861 trouncer1898 1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 269 Either the snubber has authority on his side,..or perhaps we have given way to enthusiasm, and are met by ridicule. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths III. 18 The disagreeable snappers and snubbers and snarlers. 2. U.S. One who snubs a rope or boat; a device for snubbing or checking. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with other specific duties on ship sounder1575 carpenter1626 marshal1626 mastman1649 master of voyage1771 tierer1825 legger1831 call boy1835 bellboy1851 paymaster1852 snubber1853 leadsman1857 lamps1866 berther1867 bailer1883 waistboater1891 tanky1909 planesman1945 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > cleat or bollard > device for snubbing rope snubber1853 1853 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) II. 825 A snubber..snubs the boat when she heaves to on the heel-path shore. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2231/2 Snubber, a cable-stopper. 3. a. A simple form of shock-absorber used esp. in motor vehicles. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > steering, suspension, or wheels > springs, etc., supporting chassis > shock-absorbers and dampers shock-absorber1906 absorber1909 snubber1921 shimmy damper1928 shocker1949 shock1961 shox1976 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Oct. 10/7 (advt.) Gabriel snubbers increase the riding comfort of any car. 1925 Morris Owner's Man. p. iii Instructions for maintenance and adjustment of ‘Gabriel’ Snubbers. 1928 Sunday Disp. 19 Aug. 8 New snubber plates are fitted on the front springs. 1956 Toboldt & Purvis Automotive Encycl. 30d/1 The first so called ‘shock absorbers’ were simple rebound absorbers or snubbers. 1961 Aeroplane 100 429/1 The second-stage rotor blades have been fitted with ‘snubbers’ at approximately their mean height. 1970 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 Dec. 8/1 The trouble with our washing machine..was that it needed a new snubber spring. 1973 R. L. Eshleman in Snowdon & Ungar Isolation of Mech. Vibration, Impact, & Noise 228 The friction snubber utilizes coulomb friction between a liner material and the snubber wall. 1980 Truck & Bus Transportation (Austral.) Jan. 32/3 The snubber consists of an endless circle of chain encased in a solid block of rubber. b. Electronics. A circuit intended to suppress voltage spikes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > circuit stabilizing voltage stabilizer1924 snubber1968 1968 IEEE Trans. Industry & General Applications IV. 666/2 With properly damped snubber circuits the commutation transient waveshapes are such that the initial dv/dt is highest. 1977 Design Engin. July 27/1 All thyristor installations normally require a snubber, or dv/dt suppression network consisting of a capacitor and resistor in series across the device. c. A device used to damp pulsations in, or check the flow of, a fluid. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes purchase1711 adjuster1747 concentrator1804 steamer1814 isolator1855 spacer1857 tumbler1857 plough1860 aspirator1863 trap1877 tumbling-box1877 plicater1880 comparator1883 tumbler-drum1883 rumbling barrel1894 copier1917 programmer1945 simulator1947 tensioner1950 platformer1953 hydrogasifier1966 snubber1972 1972 L. J. Lortie in Blake & Mitchell Vibration & Acoustic Measurement Handbk. xxvii. 542 Using the simple snubber (expansion chamber)..which is made of standard piping components, an original pulse amplitude of 100 pressure units may usually be reduced to the order of ten or five units. 1977 Sci. Amer. June 46/2 The rate of descent of the piston is predetermined by the setting of the flow snubber in the dividing plate, which admits the water into the lower half of the cylinder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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