Definition of propshaft in English:

propshaft

nounˈprɒpʃɑːft

A propeller shaft, especially of a motor vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
- The propshaft protrudes from the keel, but the propeller has been salvaged and, as already noted, the rudder lies on the seabed below.
- From the engine block the propshaft is clearly visible, and provides a quick route to the stern section, which now lies on its side.
- Used to larger wrecks, I was unsure if this was once the propshaft, which would imply that the submarine was oriented stern towards the shore.
- It offers a glimpse of blue sea through the propshaft tunnel, but getting there involves a twisting, winding dive down collapsed walkways and sagging decks.
- I soon find small bits of engine, though no sign of the propshaft.
- Behind the engine, a square box houses the thrust-bearing connecting the engine to the propshaft, with the remains of another transverse bulkhead above it.
- At the stern the two propshafts, keel and rudder are covered in anemones, fed by the strong current that whips around the end of the wreck when the tide is running.
- We follow the propshaft to the stern, biasing our route slightly to starboard where two of the tanks have come to rest, one upside-down and one on its side.
- From here towards the stern, the hull is a fairly featureless mound of steel until you get to a section of propshaft poking out from under the plates.
- While at the stern, it is well worth dropping over the side to view the intact propshaft and rudder.
- From the stern, the propshaft can be followed forwards.
- A short way down there are some broken sections of the propshaft tunnel, big enough to swim through.
- A diversion along the keel reveals the remains of the rudder and propshafts.
- Even when a propshaft has been salvaged, there are normally strengthened patches on the keel where the bearings would have been mounted.
- Depending on the type of coach and chassis, they would have narrowly avoided being minced by a propshaft turning at thousands of revolutions a minute or burned by red-hot exhaust pipes.
- The propshaft had already been broken by the torpedo explosion.
- It's a sorry sight to see two stunted propshafts, encrusted with marine growth, but he films the severed ends anyway.
- Astern of the engine-room area is a short gap where the ship broke her back, then you reach the propshaft, suspended above the seabed by the remains of the donkey engine.
- Their propshafts are broken in strategic sections and exposed, but the props have long since been salvaged.
- While at the stern, take a short diversion to view the keel and the two propshafts projecting on either side.

单词	propshaft
释义	Definition of propshaft in English: propshaft nounˈprɒpʃɑːft A propeller shaft, especially of a motor vehicle. Example sentencesExamples The propshaft protrudes from the keel, but the propeller has been salvaged and, as already noted, the rudder lies on the seabed below. From the engine block the propshaft is clearly visible, and provides a quick route to the stern section, which now lies on its side. Used to larger wrecks, I was unsure if this was once the propshaft, which would imply that the submarine was oriented stern towards the shore. It offers a glimpse of blue sea through the propshaft tunnel, but getting there involves a twisting, winding dive down collapsed walkways and sagging decks. I soon find small bits of engine, though no sign of the propshaft. Behind the engine, a square box houses the thrust-bearing connecting the engine to the propshaft, with the remains of another transverse bulkhead above it. At the stern the two propshafts, keel and rudder are covered in anemones, fed by the strong current that whips around the end of the wreck when the tide is running. We follow the propshaft to the stern, biasing our route slightly to starboard where two of the tanks have come to rest, one upside-down and one on its side. From here towards the stern, the hull is a fairly featureless mound of steel until you get to a section of propshaft poking out from under the plates. While at the stern, it is well worth dropping over the side to view the intact propshaft and rudder. From the stern, the propshaft can be followed forwards. A short way down there are some broken sections of the propshaft tunnel, big enough to swim through. A diversion along the keel reveals the remains of the rudder and propshafts. Even when a propshaft has been salvaged, there are normally strengthened patches on the keel where the bearings would have been mounted. Depending on the type of coach and chassis, they would have narrowly avoided being minced by a propshaft turning at thousands of revolutions a minute or burned by red-hot exhaust pipes. The propshaft had already been broken by the torpedo explosion. It's a sorry sight to see two stunted propshafts, encrusted with marine growth, but he films the severed ends anyway. Astern of the engine-room area is a short gap where the ship broke her back, then you reach the propshaft, suspended above the seabed by the remains of the donkey engine. Their propshafts are broken in strategic sections and exposed, but the props have long since been salvaged. While at the stern, take a short diversion to view the keel and the two propshafts projecting on either side.
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