| 单词 | turning-lathe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturning-lathe a. spec. (More fully turning-lathe.) A machine for turning wood, metal, ivory, etc., in which the article to be turned is held in a horizontal position by means of adjustable centres and rotated against the tools with which it is cut to the required shape.The lathe is used chiefly for turning circular and oval work, but it is also used for turning irregular forms and in engraving figure-work and geometrical designs on metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] turn?c1475 brake?1577 lare1611 lathe1611 throw1657 turn-lathe1665 turn-tool1665 turning-lathe1794 turning-looma1805 turning-engine1889 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tournoir, a Turne, turning wheele, or Turners wheele, called a Lathe or Lare. 1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 25 As in a Turners Lathe. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 115 Could turn his Word, and Oath, and Faith, As many ways, as in a Lath. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty x. 58 A turner, in his lathe, might turn a much finer neck. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 31 A file..to smooth wood or metal revolving in the lathe. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 616 In the form of a globe, round as from a lathe. turning-lathe turning-lathe n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] turn?c1475 brake?1577 lare1611 lathe1611 throw1657 turn-lathe1665 turn-tool1665 turning-lathe1794 turning-looma1805 turning-engine1889 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 152 Turning-lathe, a well known machine for turning. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 175/2 An improved expanding mandrel for turning-lathes. 1879 R. S. Ball in Cassell's Techn. Educator vii. 60 The turning-lathe..enables us to produce with perfect accuracy any surface of revolution. < as lemmas |
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