| 单词 | to miss on all cylinders |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto miss on all (or four, etc.) cylinders 6. The cylindrical chamber in which the steam (or other fluid) acts upon the piston. By extension, applied to the corresponding chamber of rotary engines which is sometimes of an annular form. to function (or click, hit, operate, etc.) on all (or four, six, etc.) cylinders, of an internal-combustion engine: to be working at full power; hence figurative, to function properly, to be in good form; so to miss on all (or four, etc.) cylinders, to be working badly, to be in bad condition. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > cylinders cylinder1697 working cylinder1787 indicator-cylinder1875 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > rotary or radial > parts of cylinder1830 maneton1919 master rod1922 the world > action or operation > operate [verb (intransitive)] > properly to function (or click, hit, operate, etc.) on all (or four, six, etc.) cylinders1912 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > on specific number of cylinder to function (or click, hit, operate, etc.) on all (or four, six, etc.) cylinders1912 1697 D. Papin in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 483 He proposes the..turning a small Surface of Water into Vapour, by Fire applied to the bottom of the Cylinder that contains it, which Vapour forces up the Plug in the Cylinder. 1753 F. Blake in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 200 The best Proportions for Steam engine Cylinders. 1782 Watt Specif. Patent 1321 3 The said piston is suspended by a rod..capable of sliding through a hole in the cover of the cylinder. 1830 J. Millington Mech. Philos. 417 Newcomen's engine was the first in which a truly bored cylinder with a well-fitting piston was employed. 1893 Engineer LXXV. 574 That will depend on the total amount of work done in the cylinder by expansion. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch xii. 269 So the best infielder takes time to fit into the infield of a Big League club and have it hit on all four cylinders again. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 72 The needle on the rev.-counter quivered to the left as the revolutions dropped, and the engine missed on first one, then two cylinders. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water ii. 38 He had tended..to undernourish his spiritual self. He had given it the short end, and it was missing, he knew, on several cylinders. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xv. 245 His smiling face, taken in conjunction with the bottle of wine which he carried, conveyed to Gordon Carlisle the definite picture of a libertine operating on all six cylinders. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxi. 228 The old preux chevalier spirit was functioning on all six cylinders. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 96/1 A sure sign that you are clicking on all cylinders. 1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 249/3 Only when he [sc. an actor] allows himself to play deliberately on all cylinders does he stage a dazzling display. 1960 T. McLean Kings of Rugby 122 Tries which set the whole of the Lions' backline clicking on all cylinders. < as lemmas |
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