| 单词 | shim |
| 释义 | shim[ shim ] / ʃɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shim ON THESAURUS.COM nouna thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them. verb (used with object), shimmed, shim·ming.to fill out or bring to a level by inserting a shim or shims. Origin of shimFirst recorded in 1715–25; origin uncertain Words nearby shimShilluk, shilly-shally, Shiloh, shilpit, shily, shim, Shimazaki, Shimizu, Shimla, shimmer, shimmery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shim
British Dictionary definitions for shimshim / (ʃɪm) / nouna thin packing strip or washer often used with a number of similar washers or strips to adjust a clearance for gears, etc physics a thin strip of magnetic material, such as soft iron, used to adjust a magnetic field verb shims, shimming or shimmed(tr) to modify a load, clearance, or magnetic field by the use of shims Word Origin for shimC18: origin unknown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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