Fender
['fendə] or ['fɛndɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; 'in Britain they call a fender a wing'.
(noun.) a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth.
(noun.) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.
整理:罗伯塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
(v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
(v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
(v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
(v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
手打:西摩
解釋/意思:
n. a metal guard before a fire to confine the ashes: a protection for a ship's side against piers &c. consisting of a bundle of rope &c.—ns. Fend′er-beam a fender of wood protecting a ship's side in dock: a permanent buffer at the end of a railway siding; Fend′er-board a board protecting the steps of a carriage from the dust thrown up by the wheels.
卡洛整理
例句/造句/用法:
- I did, sir, and at the sight of me he looked as I have never seen a man look before, and over he went with his head on the fender. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- At first, such a baby could do little more than sit with him, deserting her livelier place by the high fender, and quietly watching him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- You'd save coals if they put you behind the fender in the waitin'-room at a public office, you would. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Weevle moodily pushes the snuffers-tray from him with his elbow, leans his head on his hand, puts his feet on the fender, and looks at the fire. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In a room without a window, there burnt a fire guarded by a high and strong fender, and a lamp suspended from the ceiling by a chain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Oliver retained his stool by the fire; Barney wrapped in a blanket, stretched himself on the floor: close outside the fender. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The fender was of polished steel, with much lancet-shaped open-work and a sharp edge. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Eugene Wrayburn rose, and put his hands in his pockets, and stood with a foot on the fender, indolently rocking his body and looking at the fire. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He came back with the towels, and took his former position, crouching seated before the fire on the fender. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He turned, and flipped the ash from his cigarette on to the great marble hearth-stones, that lay bare in the room, without fender or bar. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In succession are the chutes on which the crates of fenders are sent down from the fourth floor of the main factory building to the shipping platform. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The space in the center of the car contains the fenders, and other removable parts of the equipment. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
編輯:菲利普