caster

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n. 投手, (家具的)脚轮, 调味瓶 [机] 后倾角

发音

AU /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/
其它
NZ /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/
UK /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/
AU /ˈkæstə(ɹ)/
NZ /ˈkæstə(ɹ)/
UK /ˈkæstə(ɹ)/
CA /ˈkæstɚ/
US /ˈkæstɚ/

词形变化

casters 复数 casters castered castering casters 三单 castering 现在分词 castered 过去式 castered 过去分词

别名

castor

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone or something that casts.

    a caster of spells

    a caster of stones

    a caster of bronze statuary

  2. 2.

    A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).

    轮脚

    Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.

  3. 3.

    A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

    调味瓶

    a set of casters

  4. 4.

    A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

  5. 5.

    The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

    汽车 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a caster

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

castor

上位词 3

worker roller shaker

相关短语

caster sugar n. 细白砂糖 caster sugars surf caster [体]海滨垂钓者

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English caster From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

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