Caisson
['keɪs(ə)n;kə'suːn] or ['kesən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
(noun.) a chest to hold ammunition.
(noun.) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition.
錄入:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A chest to hold ammunition.
(n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
(n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
(n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
(n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
(n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
(n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
布伦特校對
解釋/意思:
n. a tumbril or ammunition wagon: a chest filled with explosive materials: a strong case for keeping out the water while the foundations of a bridge are being built: an apparatus for lifting a vessel out of the water for repairs or inspection: the pontoon or floating gate used to close a dry-dock.
巴尔托迪編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Such an arrangement for work under water is called a caisson. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The safety-lamp had been given to the miner, the caisson to the bridge-builder, the anti-friction metal to the mechanic for bearings. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- No guns or caissons should be taken with less than eight horses. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Before leaving Spottsylvania, therefore, I sent back to the defences of Washington over one hundred pieces of artillery, with the horses and caissons. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- In many cases men work in diving suits rather than in caissons; these suits are made of rubber except for the head piece, which is of metal provided with transparent eyepieces. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- To meet this situation, three massive reinforced concrete caissons were built on the surface. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
整理:马库斯