Regulator
['regjʊleɪtə] or ['rɛɡjuletɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..
(noun.) an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest.
編輯:莉齐--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who, or that which, regulates.
(n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.
(n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.
(n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.
手打:莫尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Among these first came the gas meter and pressure regulator. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He obtained the desired speed and load with a friction brake; also regulator of speed; but waited for an indicator to verify it. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Both kinds are provided with a regulator in the form of a turn-cock, weight, or spring valve to regulate and control the flow of water and to make it continuous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- With a slight increase in the current, the lamp melts in the twinkling of an eye, and in practice the regulator is found to short-circuit the current too late to prevent the damage. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The gas regulator is simply a little automatic apparatus whereby the variation of pressure in the gas main is reduced and the flow rendered perfectly uniform at the burner. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In late years automatic regulators have been provided for accomplishing this result. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The French were among the first to contrive such regulators,--Duboscq, Foucault, Serrin, Houdin, and Lontin invented most useful forms of such apparatus. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Such an apparatus is called a _regulator_, and the variety of regulators is very great. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Regulators for dynamos and motors. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is stored under a pressure sometimes as high as 150 pounds to the inch, its pressure being reduced at the burners through the agency of pressure regulators. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
編輯:马丁