Chuck

[tʃʌk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill.

(noun.) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

(verb.) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.

(verb.) throw carelessly; 'chuck the ball'.

(verb.) throw away; 'Chuck these old notes'.

編輯:露西尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

(v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.

(v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.

(n.) The chuck or call of a hen.

(n.) A sudden, small noise.

(n.) A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

(v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

(v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

(v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

(n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.

(n.) A short throw; a toss.

(n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

(n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

(n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

(n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.

錄入:谢里夫

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Tap or pat (under the chin).[2]. Throw, pitch, hurl, toss, FLIRT.

n. [1]. Tap or pat (under the chin).[2]. Throw, toss.

錄入:罗兰

解釋/意思:

n. a gentle blow as under the chin: (coll.) a toss or throw; any game of pitch and toss.—v.t. to pat gently as under the chin: to toss: to pitch.—n. Chuck′-far′thing a game in which a farthing is chucked into a hole.

n. a pebble or small stone: a game with such stones often called Chuck′ies: an instrument for holding an object so that it can be rotated as upon the mandrel of a lathe.

n. the call of a hen: a chicken (dim. Chuck′ie): a word of endearment.—v.i. to call as a hen.

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