brad

FREQ #3191

n. 角钉, 曲头钉

发音

UK /bɹad/
其它
US /bɹæd/
UK /bɹæd/

词形变化

brads 复数 bradded bradding brads 三单 bradding 现在分词 bradded 过去式 bradded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

  2. 2.

    A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

    美国
  3. 1.

    A binary radian.

v.
  1. 1.

    To attach using a brad.

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  2. 2.

    To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

nail
动词

上位词 3

fix secure fasten

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词源

Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.

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