Splint

[splɪnt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg).

(noun.) a thin sliver of wood; 'he lit the fire with a burning splint'.

(verb.) support with a splint; 'splint a broken finger'.

埃塞尔手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) A piece split off; a splinter.

(v. t.) A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set.

(v. t.) A splint bone.

(v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

(v. t.) One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.

(v. t.) Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.

(v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.

(v. t.) To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.

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解釋/意思:

n. a small piece of wood split off: a thin piece of padded wood &c. for keeping a fractured limb in its proper position: a bony enlargement on the horse's leg between the knee and the fetlock usually appearing on the inside of one or both forelegs frequently situated between the large and small canon bones depending upon concussion—also Splent.—v.t. to confine with splints.—ns. Splint′age use of splints; Splint′-arm′our armour made of splints or narrow overlapping plates; Splint′-coal cannel-coal of slaty structure; Splint′er a piece of wood &c. split off.—v.t. and v.i. to split into splinters.—ns. Splint′er-bar the cross-bar of a coach supporting the springs; Splint′er-bone the fibula.—adjs. Splint′er-proof proof against the splinters of bursting shells; Splint′ery made of or like splinters: apt to splinter.

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