Batten
['bæt(ə)n] or ['bætn]
解释:
(noun.) a strip fixed to something to hold it firm.
(verb.) secure with battens; 'batten down a ship's hatches'.
(verb.) furnish with battens; 'batten ships'.
校对:露辛达--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
(v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
(v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
(n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.
(v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens.
(v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Thin strip.
v. a. [1]. Fasten with battens.[2]. Fatten, make fat.
v. n. Grow fat.
整理:佩吉
解释:
n. a piece of board: a ledge clamp: in ships a strip of wood used to fasten down the hatches.—n. Bat′tening battens forming a structure.
v.i. to grow fat: to live in luxury.—v.t. (obs.) to fatten.
录入:特德