Limber
['lɪmbə] or ['lɪmbɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson.
(verb.) cause to become limber; 'The violist limbered her wrists before the concert'.
(verb.) attach the limber; 'limber a cannon'.
(adj.) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely .
(adj.) (used of artifacts) easily bent .
(adj.) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; 'a supple mind'; 'a limber imagination' .
手打:穆里尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
(n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
(n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
(v. t.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
(a.) Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
(v. t.) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
艾伯纳錄入
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Supple, pliable, pliant, flexible, lithe.
乔恩錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. pliant flexible.—n. Lim′berness flexibleness pliancy.
n. the part of a gun-carriage consisting of two wheels and a shaft to which the horses are attached.—v.t. to attach to the limber as a gun.
丹尼斯校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Weight of gun, carriage, limber, drag ropes, tools, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Weight of gun, carriage and limber, containing 36 rounds of ammunition, 3,355 pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The carriage and limber have each two removable interchangeable ammunition boxes for 12 rounds each, with a box for 12 rounds below the axle of the limber. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- First, when the wheels of the car revolve with the grooved wheels, this motion is transmitted to the differential, through the drive shaft to the motor, limbering up all these parts. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The second is that while the parts are being limbered up, the switch is turned on and the motor started. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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