Suspension
[sə'spenʃ(ə)n] or [sə'spɛnʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc).
(noun.) the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); 'there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait'.
(noun.) a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle.
(noun.) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
(noun.) a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy.
克拉拉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
(n.) Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
(n.) Of labor, study, pain, etc.
(n.) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
(n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
(n.) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
(n.) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
(n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
(n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
(n.) The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
(n.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
(n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
(n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
手打:西格蒙德
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Hanging.[2]. Interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE.[3]. Delay, postponement.[4]. Temporary deprivation (as of an office).
手打:斯坦
例句/造句/用法:
- Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The particles are not dissolved in the water, but are held there in suspension, as we call it technically. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- With the roadway and suspension chains attached, each tube weighs 1,100 tons. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It is supposed that greater rigidity is obtained by this means than by the suspension, and, like the suspension, great widths may be spanned without an under supporting frame work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The method of supporting the wires on tall posts was then adopted by Mr. Cooke, the wires being insulated from the posts at the points of suspension, by passing them through quills. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In the latter case a force of 1 pound actually balances a force of 2 pounds, but the 1-pound weight is twice as far from the point of suspension as is the 2-pound weight. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- My mind is in suspension until we win the war, Robert Jordan had said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In 1829 Brown also was the engineer for suspension bridges built over the Esk at Montrose and over the Thames at Hammersmith. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- A momentary suspension of the payment of debt is not immediately felt by the people, and occasions neither murmur nor complaint. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mr. Bounderby stayed her, by holding a mouthful of chop in suspension before swallowing it, and putting out his left hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- His next work was the splendid suspension bridge at Cincinnati, Ohio, which has a clear span of 1057 feet. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The Menai tubular railway bridge, adjacent to the suspension bridge of Telford across the same strait, and already described, was the first example of this type of bridge. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It scolded him and discussed his suspension. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For aerial ropeways they are extensively employed, and are of high value in bridge building, the suspension bridge being sustained by them. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is shown in Fig. 229, and among suspension bridges it ranks first. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
錄入:泽维尔