babbitt

FREQ #44047

发音

US /ˈbæbɪt/
UK /ˈbæbɪt/
/ˈbæbət/

词形变化

babbitts 复数 babbitted babbitting babbitts 三单 babbitts babbitting 现在分词 babbitted 过去式 babbitted 过去分词

别名

babbit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Ellipsis of babbitt metal or Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition used in bearings to diminish friction”).

    可数 不可数

    Running while low on oil had galled the babbitt.

  2. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Babbitt (“a person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals”).

    美国 过时

    … a "babbitt" is a person full of self-confident bluster who is nevertheless a narrowminded philistine and a hypocrite.]

v.
  1. 1.

    To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.

    及物

    The main bearings were babbitted and line-bored.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

Babbitt metal

上位词 2

metal alloy
动词

上位词 1

line

相关短语

Babbitt metal [医] 巴比特合金, 锡铜锑合金 Babbitt metals babbitt metal babbitt metals

词源

The noun is derived from Babbitt, the surname of the American inventor Isaac Babbitt (1799–1862) who invented the alloy. The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary