| 单词 | dowel |
| 释义 | dowel /dow"euhl/, n. , v. , doweled, doweling or (esp. Brit.) dowelled, dowelling. n. 1. Also called dowel pin. Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them. 2. a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork. 3. a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter. 4. Dentistry. a peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown. v.t. 5. to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels. [1300-50; ME dowle < MLG dovel plug; cf. G Döbel, Dübel, OHG tubili] |
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