| 单词 | rivet |
| 释义 | rivet (once / 1103 pages) 1nv 2v 3n A rivet is a metal fastener, a bolt-like device that holds together two pieces of metal or fabric. The round metal fasteners on your favorite pair of jeans are rivets. Older buildings with metal frames like the Eiffel Tower are held together with rivets, and so are some bridges and military vehicles. Furniture upholstery often involves rivets, too. When you use a rivet to fasten, you can say you rivet — and similarly, to hold attention or captivate is also to rivet. The Old French root is river, "to clench or fasten." WORD FAMILYrivet: riveted, riveter, riveting, rivets, rivetted, rivetter, rivetting+/riveter: riveters/riveting: rivetingly/rivetter: rivetters USAGE EXAMPLESMixing elements of steampunk with a pro-science message, this inventive French animated adventure is a sophisticated, riveting story about the power of innovation in society. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The mogul’s riveting new autobiography, “They Call Me Supermensch,” certainly touches on these musical adventures. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) The actor also directed August Wilson’s play, deftly, and his familiarity with the play shows in this riveting screen adaption. Salon(Dec 24, 2016) 1 1n heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together Hyper pin a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things 2v fasten with a rivet or rivets 2Hyper fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached 1v hold (someone's attention) The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists Syn|Hyper center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore direct one's attention on something absorb, engage, engross, occupy consume all of one's attention or time 2v direct one's attention on something 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep devote (oneself) fully to recallcause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression thinkfocus one's attention on a certain state zoom inexamine closely; focus one's attention on hear, listen, take heedlisten and pay attention drink, drink inbe fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to inclinebend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments n ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) Syn|Hyper stud decoration, ornament, ornamentation something used to beautify |
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