Gimlet
['gɪmlɪt] or ['ɡɪmlət]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.
(v. t.) To pierce or make with a gimlet.
(v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
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解釋/意思:
n. a small tool for boring holes by turning it with the hand.—v.t. to pierce with a gimlet: (naut.) to turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.—adj. Gim′let-eyed very sharp-sighted.
編輯:纽曼
例句/造句/用法:
- The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The gimlet-pointed screw, which allows the screw to be turned into wood without having a hole bored for it, was an important advance in the art. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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