Dredge
[dredʒ] or [drɛdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed.
(verb.) remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
(verb.) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
(verb.) cover before cooking; 'dredge the chicken in flour before frying it'.
布兰得利整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
(n.) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
(v. t.) To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine.
(n.) A mixture of oats and barley.
(v. t.) To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat.
整理:罗伯塔
解釋/意思:
n. an instrument for dragging: a drag-net for catching oysters &c.: a machine for taking up mud or zoological specimens from the bottom of the sea: a floating machine for deepening a harbour or river by gathering up mud from the bottom by means of buckets on an endless chain—also Dredg′er Dredg′ing-machine′.—v.t. Dredge to gather with a dredge: to deepen with a dredge.
v.t. to sprinkle flour on meat while roasting.—ns. Dredg′er Dredge′-box Dredg′ing-box a utensil for dredging.
錄入:凯思琳
例句/造句/用法:
- One of the most common is the clam-shell dredge, consisting of a pair of large, heavy iron jaws, hinged at the back, in general form resembling a pair of huge clam shells. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This dredge is the only one found satisfactory in excavating rock. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The pipe is lowered into contact with the bottom to be excavated and the material is pumped into hopper barges or into a hopper-well in the dredge itself. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Traction is then made on the chains controlling the jaws, which close; the grapple is hoisted to the surface and its contents discharged into scows alongside the dredge. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The lower view shows a suction dredge, which operates on soft mud or sands, pumping the discharge through the pipe seen at the left of the illustration. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- IV, pages 4-14; and Dredge's Electric Illumination, 1882, Vol. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The best known of the latter type is the Bowers hydraulic dredge, covered by many patents, of which Nos. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Dredging machines of a great variety have been constructed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The present method of dredging is of the hit or miss character, while the submarine method is capable of thorough work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The gold-dredging spoken of refers to the working of gold-bearing sands found at the mouth of certain rivers in Alaska and South America. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Submarine Dredging. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Sixty great dredges were employed on the work, and the dredged material was discharged in chutes on to the bank. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Small area of land dredged away as soon as Gatun Locks were completed. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- How are Harbors Dredged Out? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Sixty great dredges were employed on the work, and the dredged material was discharged in chutes on to the bank. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This battery soon drove out our dredges, two in number, which were doing the work of thousands of men. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Dredges were put to work immediately widening the channel at Cucaracha slide in Gaillard Cut, so that within a short time the canal was ready for use throughout its entire length. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The depth of water at which the Bucket Ladder dredges is regulated by the Hoisting Shears and Chain Barrel D D, driven by shafting E E from the Engines. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- There are several forms of mechanical, power-operated dredges. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- With the construction of canals and harbors, great improvements have been made in dredges. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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