axle

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n. 轴, 车轴 [电] 轴

发音

US /ˈæksəl/

词形变化

axles 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Shoulder.

    废旧
  2. 1.

    The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

    rear axle

    front axle

    axle grease

    The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.

  3. 2.

    A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

    车轴

  4. 3.

    An axis.

    古体 天文 数学

    the Sun’s axle

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

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