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单词 arrester
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arrester


ar·rest

A0436600 (ə-rĕst′)v. ar·rest·ed, ar·rest·ing, ar·rests v.tr.1. To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.2. To seize and hold under the authority of law.3. To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.v.intr. To undergo cardiac arrest: The patient arrested en route to the hospital.n.1. a. The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect.b. The state of being so detained: a suspect under arrest.2. A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.3. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.
[Middle English aresten, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin restāre, to stand still (re-, re- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots).]
ar·rest′a·ble adj.ar·rest′er, ar·res′tor n.ar·rest′ment n.

arrester

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arrestor

n1. a person who arrests2. a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier3. (Aeronautics) a thing that stops or checks motion, esp a mechanism of wires for slowing aeroplanes as they land on an aircraft carrier
Thesaurus
Noun1.arrester - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrierarrester - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrierarrester hookaircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop, carrier - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landingsconstraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
Translations
scaricatore

arrester


arrester

[ə′res·tər] (electricity) lightning arrester (engineering) A wire screen at the top of an incinerator or chimney which prevents sparks or burning material from leaving the stack.

arrester

1. At the top of an incinerator or chimney, a wire screen which prevents sparks or burning material from leaving the stack.2.See lightning arrester.3.See surge arrester.4.See water-hammer arrester.5. A lightning arrester. 6. A grease trap.
MedicalSeearrest

Arrester


Related to Arrester: Surge arrester

ARRESTER, law of Scotland. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of hisdebtor's goods or movable obligations. Ersk. Pr. L. Soot. 3, 6, 1.

arrester


Related to arrester: Surge arrester
  • noun

Synonyms for arrester

noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier

Synonyms

  • arrester hook

Related Words

  • aircraft carrier
  • attack aircraft carrier
  • flattop
  • carrier
  • constraint
  • restraint
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