| 单词 | watermill wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatermill wheel watermill wheel n. a water-powered wheel used to drive a mill or other machinery (cf. mill-wheel n. 1, waterwheel n. 1). ΚΠ c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 122 She wente streight vprighte on þe watir-mylne-whele. 1747 Scots Mag. Feb. 91/1 They poured more water into..[the hole], and that bubbled as before, and made a great noise like a water mill wheel. 1840 Liverpool Standard 9 June The common paddle-wheel, or rather water-mill wheel which has hitherto been the instrument of propulsion for our steam vessels..is beset with certain disadvantages. 1928 Irish Times 18 July 7 Victor Davies..and his father fell on to a water mill wheel and were carried thirty yards under the road into the mill race. 2011 A. Sebba That Woman xiii. 270 A mural..showing a stone watermill wheel entwined with the words ‘I'm not the miller's daughter but I've been through the mill’. < as lemmas |
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