Counterpoise
[kauntәpɒiz]
解释:
(v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
(v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.
(n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
(n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
(n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
录入:莱尔
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Counter-balance, balance.
n. Equal weight.
手打:卡尔
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Balance, equalize
ANT:Over-balance, aggravate
SYN:Makeweight, equilibrium
ANT:Preponderance
校对:莫利
例句:
- The gun is fulcrumed in a lever frame provided with a counterpoise which more than balances the gun. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- When loaded and released the counterpoise raises the gun again to firing position. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- There was a piston in the cylinder driven up by the steam admitted below it, aided by a counterpoise at one end of an engine beam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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