| 单词 | stub-end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstub-end stub-end n. (a) the butt end of a connecting-rod, of a weapon, etc.; (b) U.S. the unconnected end of a stub track; also stub-end track (see stub track n. below); (c) a cigarette stub (in quot. 1932 figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > thick end of anything buttc1425 butt end1548 butt-head1630 chump1861 stub-end1875 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > at terminus stub-end track1875 stub track1896 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > at terminus > unconnected end of stub-end1875 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of doup1710 butt end1827 old soldier1834 butt1847 stub1855 cigar-end1870 stub-end1875 cigarette-end1889 cigar-butt1891 snipe1891 fag end1892 fag1897 bumper1899 scag1915 cigarette-butt1923 dout1928 dog-end1934 roach1939 stompie1947 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stub-end, the large end of a connecting-rod, in which the boxes are confined by the strap. 1896 Engineering News XXXVI. 27/1 When a long stub-end track gets full of empties, the cars at the stub end are likely to remain for weeks and months. 1900 Engineering News XLIV. 377/2 Stub-end tracks should generally be in pairs, with crossovers near the ends, so that the engine of one incoming train can be got out without waiting for its train. 1903 W. M. Camp Notes Track Constr. I. vi. 466 An arrangement that is sometimes provided where inbound, outbound and transfer houses are consolidated at one point is to have parallel stub tracks, with the inbound house on one side, the outbound house on the opposite side and the office between them, at the stub ends of the tracks. 1914 Daily News 7 Nov. 1 Even if he has nothing more formidable than an empty bully-beef can to rattle with the stub-end of his bayonet. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 85 Stub-end of year that smoulders to ash of winter. < as lemmas |
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