单词 | slipstick |
释义 | slipstick (once / 787955 pages) n WORD FAMILY slipstick USAGE EXAMPLESI learned how to work the sextant, the compass, the slipstick, the abacus. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) Want to tell our preoccupied slipstick and test-tube boys in the rim before we roll her, or just wait and see what happens? Richmond, Walt, Where I Wasn't Going(2010) But somebody produced a slipstick and began to juggle it expertly. Leinster, Murray, Sand Doom(2010) n analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators Syn|Hyper slide rule analog computer, analogue computer a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages) |
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