| 释义 |
wheelwork|ˈhwiːlwɜːk|
[f. wheel n. + work n.]
a. A set of connected wheels forming part of a machine or mechanical contrivance.
1670Evelyn Sylva xxiii. (ed. 2) 115 The Cornel-tree..is exceedingly commended for its durablenesse, and use in Wheel-work, Pinns, and Wedges. 1772C. Hutton Bridges 99 Pile Driver, is an engine for driving down the piles... It is worked..either with or without wheel work. 1825J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 347 These spindles are connected with wheel-work. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. IV. 29 This axle, by the aid of intervening wheel-work, is set into rotation.
b. Applied to the trochal apparatus of a rotifer or wheel-animalcule.
1778Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2) I. 448/2 The most remarkable part of this animalcule is its wheel-work.
c. Applied to the works of a watch or other time-piece. Also fig.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 107/2 In a repeater there is an additional train of wheels between the frame-plates, called the runners, or little wheel-work. 1868Chambers's Encycl. X. 82/1 The arrangement of the wheel-work in a watch. 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xix. 112 There seem no good grounds for supposing this additional wheelwork in the mind. 1981Times 2 May 15/4 Examination of the instrument reveals nothing inconsistent with it being a bench-timer, possibly contrived from an early frame and wheel work. |
