Spoke
[spəʊk] or [spok]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim.
约瑟芬校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp.) of Speak
(-) of Speak
(-) imp. of Speak.
(n.) The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
(n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
(n.) A rung, or round, of a ladder.
(n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
(v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
編輯:沃伦
解釋/意思:
n. one of the bars from the nave to the rim of a wheel.—Put a spoke in one's wheel to thwart a person by some impediment.
pa.t. of speak.
手打:瓦内萨
例句/造句/用法:
- The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Southey spoke of him as a miraculous young man, at whose talents he could only wonder. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- At the hotel I asked Catherine to wait in the carriage while I went in and spoke to the manager. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The wheels had heavy cast iron hubs with wooden spokes and rims and wrought iron tires, and the frame was of wood placed outside the wheels. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Edison devised a machine to answer the purpose, and put long spokes on it, fitted it up, and shipped it to China. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Counting the spokes there are, it is estimated, more than 300 different parts in such a wheel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- With Blanchard’s improvement, patented January 20, 1820, any irregular form, such as a shoe-last, gun-stock, ax-handle, wheel-spokes, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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