Vane
[veɪn] or [ven]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
(noun.) a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it.
手打:温迪--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.
(n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
(n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
(n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.
整理:纳撒尼尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Weather-cock.[2]. Blade (of a windmill, propeller, &c.).
手打:托马斯
解釋/意思:
n. a flag or banner: a thin slip of wood or metal at the top of a spire &c. to show which way the wind blows: a weather-cock: the thin web of a feather: one of the blades of a windmill.—adjs. Vaned furnished with vanes; Vane′less.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Then suddenly pointing to a weather-vane on the freight depot, he pulled out a Colt revolver and fired through the window, hitting the vane. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- It had a reel with twelve vanes to press the grain toward the cutters, and cause it to fall upon a travelling apron which carried away cut grain and deposited it at the side of the machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In Mr. Gwynne's and Mr. Bessemer's pumps, which had straight vanes, the ratio of power to the effect did not exceed 0·19. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- To maintain the vessel on an even keel he introduced four vanes, called hydroplanes, for regulating the depth of descent. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The paddle, or vanes, as he called them, were placed at the stern, between two wheels, which were turned by ropes passing over their peripheries. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
整理:凯蒂