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单词 windlass
释义
windlasswind‧lass /ˈwɪndləs/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwindlass
Origin:
1300-1400 Old Norse vindass, from vinda ‘to wind’ + ass ‘pole’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Another has him tortured to death by having his intestines pulled from him by a windlass.
  • Because there was no windlass, both ends of the anchor line were shackled together, Ward said.
  • Missing was a windlass, used to raise and lower the anchor.
  • Sandy McGlashan, the windlass man, climbed down the ladder and came to sit beside Cameron.
  • Some specialists said Thursday that the windlass might not have enabled the crew to anchor the barge in the storm.
  • Y., was not violating any regulation by operating without a windlass, officials said.
word sets
WORD SETS
ball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun
a machine for pulling or lifting heavy objects
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