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单词 pinion
释义
pinion
(once / 1885 pages)
1nv 2n

Many cars use rack-and-pinion steering, in which the steering wheel turns a small-toothed pinion gear, which engages the larger rack that turns the car's wheels.
Pinions make steering easy and smooth. Pinion, in the sense of a gear, comes from Middle French peignon, which comes in turn from the Latin noun pecten, "comb," reflecting the toothed appearance of a pinion.
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pinion: pinioned, pinioning, pinions
USAGE EXAMPLES
WHY: The steering rack and pinion assembly can have an improper amount of grease and result in a loss of steering control and crash hazard.
Seattle Times(Nov 25, 2016)
Creating life from pinions and pivots and tiny screws may be the easy part.
The Guardian(Oct 19, 2016)
Later in the quarter, Bradley Pinion shanked a punt for 26 yards, giving Dallas a short field.
Washington Times(Oct 02, 2016)
1
1n wing of a bird
Syn|Hyper
pennon
wing
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
2n any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
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flight feather, quill, quill feather
primary, primary feather, primary quill
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
tail feather
feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
sickle feather
one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
feather, plumage, plume
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
3v cut the wings off (of birds)
Hyper
disable, disenable, incapacitate
make unable to perform a certain action
4v bind the arms of
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shackle
confine, hold, restrain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
2
n a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
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lantern pinion, lantern wheel
a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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