| 单词 | working box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworking box working box n. (a) Mechanics (in certain types of pump) a hollow chamber, closed with a valve, which is moved to and fro inside a cylinder in the manner of a piston (cf. box n.2 8) (now historical); †(b) a box for storing or holding materials for sewing, etc. (cf. workbox n. at work n. Compounds 3) (obsolete) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > piston > [noun] piston1704 plunger1722 working box1773 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > box, bag, or case work basket1579 workbox1605 housewife1735 work bag1745 working box1773 housewife-case1817 1773 C. Clarke Philos. Invest. Steam in Fire-engine 18 In every lifting pump there is a box fixed a little below the greatest descent of the working box or lifter. 1778 J. Woodforde Diary 9 Sept. (1924) I. 235 It..looks when covered like a working Box for Ladies. 1838 in Notes & Queries 11th Ser. 1 423 My small inlaid Working Box. 1840 J. A. Clark Glimpses of Old World II. xix. 335 A working-box with some needle-work on the lid wrought by the Queen's own fingers. 1875 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 214/1 Another style of pump is that shown in Fig. 5, which gives a sectional view of a plumber's hand force-pump, where, instead of the working-box or bucket, a solid plunger is used. 1970 Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. 14 The most interesting feature of this well..was in the recovery..of the bottom section of the pipe complete with clack valve and its leather hinge in the working box of what is believed to be of mid-18th century, or earlier, vintage. < as lemmas |
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