英语词汇“fusee”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fusee

/fjuːˈziː

(US fuzee)

noun

1A conical pulley or wheel, especially in a watch or clock.We next observe a flexible chain (artificially wrought for the sake of flexure) communicating the action of the spring from the box to the fusee....

The fuzees were all hand made with hand cut gears again increasing the cost over watches made with interchangeable parts.
On the 10th of December, when he pledged the coat and waistcoat, I gave him a silver watch for two fuzees, I had them cleaned, and they were sold previous to this being found out.

2A large-headed match capable of staying alight in strong wind.Two fuzees and a gallon of fuel oil turn it into a thundering conflagration towering 40 feet over our heads....

The fusees had little or no effect in igniting the manzanita.
They, the tired and famished ones, bring with them their stock-in-trade, their cigar fuzees, their boot blackers and shiners, and their humble single brushes with which to ‘brush you down, sir,’ for a penny.

3North American A railway signal flare.The holder itself came from another essential railway tool, it was the discarded top of a fusee!...

Had the agent, a senior man of 30 years service, had a lit hand lamp handy, or had he lit a fusee to wave a ‘washout’ signal instead of yelling at the passing engines it would likely have turned out differently.
Other problems have occurred such as fusees sticking in ignitor tubes and fusees that fail to ignite.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a spindle-shaped figure): from French fusée 'spindle-ful', based on Latin fusus 'spindle'.

单词	fusee
释义	fusee /fjuːˈziː / (US fuzee) noun 1A conical pulley or wheel, especially in a watch or clock.We next observe a flexible chain (artificially wrought for the sake of flexure) communicating the action of the spring from the box to the fusee.... The fuzees were all hand made with hand cut gears again increasing the cost over watches made with interchangeable parts. On the 10th of December, when he pledged the coat and waistcoat, I gave him a silver watch for two fuzees, I had them cleaned, and they were sold previous to this being found out. 2A large-headed match capable of staying alight in strong wind.Two fuzees and a gallon of fuel oil turn it into a thundering conflagration towering 40 feet over our heads.... The fusees had little or no effect in igniting the manzanita. They, the tired and famished ones, bring with them their stock-in-trade, their cigar fuzees, their boot blackers and shiners, and their humble single brushes with which to ‘brush you down, sir,’ for a penny. 3North American A railway signal flare.The holder itself came from another essential railway tool, it was the discarded top of a fusee!... Had the agent, a senior man of 30 years service, had a lit hand lamp handy, or had he lit a fusee to wave a ‘washout’ signal instead of yelling at the passing engines it would likely have turned out differently. Other problems have occurred such as fusees sticking in ignitor tubes and fusees that fail to ignite. Origin Late 16th century (denoting a spindle-shaped figure): from French fusée 'spindle-ful', based on Latin fusus 'spindle'.
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