| 单词 | cylinder |
| 释义 | cylinder (once / 561 pages) 1n 2n 3n A cylinder is a solid shape bounded by a cylindrical shape and two parallel circular bases. Confused yet? Just picture a soda can or one of those mailing tubes with a round bottom and a lid. The word cylinder is certainly mired in a whole lot of technical terms. It's one of the basic geometric shapes, as well as a key piece of engineering — such as the cylinders in an engine, which are the chambers where the pistons move. So don't worry if you don't quite get it. You have to be "running on all cylinders" to get what this word is all about. WORD FAMILYcylinder: cylinders, cylindric, cylindrical+/cylindric: cylindrically/cylindrical: bicylindrical, cylindricality, cylindricalness USAGE EXAMPLESHowever you are reading this, there’s a fair chance you’re not firing on all cylinders. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) But the Puget Sound economy is much more diverse today and firing on all cylinders. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) “I think we’re kind of firing on all cylinders at home. We’ve just got to continue to do that on the road.” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line Hypo|Hyper brake drum, drum a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes shankcylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill shankcylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head shank, stemcylinder forming a long narrow part of something stalactitea cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave stalagmitea cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave barrel, druma bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends pipe, tubea hollow cylindrical shape round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles 2n a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) 2Hypo|Hyper roll anything rolled up in cylindrical form rollera cylinder that revolves bolta roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length garden rollerheavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns paint rollera roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint platenthe roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike rouleaua roll of coins wrapped in paper rouleaua roll of ribbon sprocketroller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through trundlesmall wheel or roller solid a three-dimensional shape n a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air 3Hyper container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) n a chamber within which piston moves Syn|Hypo|Hyper piston chamber brake cylinder, hydraulic brake cylinder, master cylinder a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston chamber a natural or artificial enclosed space |
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