cleat

n. 楔子, 栓, 系缆墩 vt. 装上栓, 把索系在栓上

发音

其它 /kliːt/

词形变化

cleats 复数 cleats cleated cleating cleats 三单 cleating 现在分词 cleated 过去式 cleated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

  2. 2.

    A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.

  3. 3.

    A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

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  4. 4.

    A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.

    Near-synonym: calk

  5. 5.

    An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.

v.
  1. 1.

    To strengthen with a cleat.

  2. 2.

    To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

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词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout.

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