Traction
['trækʃ(ə)n] or ['trækʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; 'his leg was in traction for several days'.
錄入:玛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
(n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
(n.) Attraction; a drawing toward.
(n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
手打:雷克斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Drawing, pulling, draught.
校對:瓦珥
例句/造句/用法:
- A powerful steam traction engine of fifty horse power hauls across the field a planting combination of sixteen ten-inch plows, four six-foot harrows and a seeding drill in the rear. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This, in its latest form known as the gearless traction elevator, does away with all intricate machinery, and yields a machine moving with equal speed whatever the height. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Traction is then made on the chains controlling the jaws, which close; the grapple is hoisted to the surface and its contents discharged into scows alongside the dredge. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This mode of traction was afterwards extended, in many instances, along the whole railway, so as to supersede the use of horse power. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- This is a fitting stage at which to review briefly what had been done in electric traction up to that date. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Traction engine pulling sixteen 10-inch plows, four 6-foot harrows, and a drill. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In his traction work he had a close second in Robert Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, who in 1839 operated both a lathe and a small locomotive with the motor he had invented. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It has been replaced by the electric traction elevator. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A little animal muscle, supplied by draft oxen, horse traction, and the like, contributed. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- When these fine roads become the possession of a country light traction engines for passenger traffic will be found largely supplanting the horse and the steam railroad engines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
整理:佩吉