Periphery
[pə'rɪf(ə)rɪ] or [pə'rɪfəri]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
(n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
手打:梅格
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Circumference.
校對:雷明顿
解釋/意思:
n. (geom.) the circumference of a circle or of any closed figure: the outside of anything generally.—adjs. Periph′eral Peripher′ic -al.
埃德娜校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Instead of the two small contact wheels, however, a projecting arm carried an iron pin or stylus, so arranged that its point would normally impinge upon the periphery of the drum. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The judges were seated in a great circle about the periphery of the circular platform. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- In its primitive state the sun resembled the nebul?, which are to be observed through the telescope, with fiery centers and cloudy periphery. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The outer rolls _d e_ are pressed against the inner ones _a c_ by a system of weighted levers, and scrapers below remove the crushed grain from the periphery of the rolls. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The other surface consisted of a small pad which rested with frictional pressure on the periphery of the drum. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The disk has radial slits around its periphery, and is held with its figured face before a looking glass. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Generally speaking, this consists of a motor-driven cylinder having metallic pins placed at intervals, and arranged spirally, around its periphery. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A Swiss machine for this purpose consists of two disks carrying diamonds in their peripheries, which, being put in rapid revolution, cut parallel grooves in the face of the stone. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The same principle, that of using discs with figures on their peripheries, is employed in present-day calculating machines. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The paddle, or vanes, as he called them, were placed at the stern, between two wheels, which were turned by ropes passing over their peripheries. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
校對:路易丝