单词	lathe
释义	lathelathe /leɪð/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINlathe Origin: 1600-1700 Probably from lath ‘supporting frame’ (14-15 centuries), perhaps from Danish lad Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A piston destined to shuttle back and forth within a cylinder will be made on a lathe. And it comes first for one simple reason: civilization rolls on wheels, and lathes make wheels. Holly worked on alone at the lathe that fashioned the chairs' legs. It was Bert's private workshop, complete with a lathe and other skilled men's paraphernalia. It was not a retrofit, though it was more of an adaptation of a copying lathe than an original design. Murdoch had turned his hat on a lathe, thereby inventing a method of turning oval objects. Swarf from lathes lay thick on the floor below. word sets WORD SETS► Crafts basketry, nounbatik, nouncabinet-maker, nouncarpenter, nouncarpentry, nouncooper, nouncraft, nouncraft, verbcraftsmanship, nouncraftswoman, nounlathe, nounloom, nounpokerwork, nounraffia, nounsaddler, nounsaddlery, nounstain, verbstain, nountie-dye, verbturner, nounvarnish, verbveneer, nounveneered, adjectiveweave, verbweave, nounweaver, nounwhittle, verbwoodcarving, nounwoodwork, noun a machine that shapes wood or metal, by turning it around and around against a sharp tool
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