单词 | miter box |
释义 | miter box in American English a device used to guide the saw in cutting wood at an angle for a miter joint miter box in American Englishnoun Carpentry any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, esp. a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides Word origin [1670–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonding, routine, saber, slump, splutter |
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