kerf

n. 劈痕, 截口, 切口 [机] 锯口, 截口

发音

US /kɜː(ɹ)f/

词形变化

kerfs 复数 kerfs kerfed kerfing kerfs 三单 kerfing 现在分词 kerfed 过去式 kerfed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.

    古体
  2. 2.

    The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.

  3. 3.

    The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.

    1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.

  4. 4.

    The distance between diverging saw teeth.

    1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.

  5. 5.

    The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.

词源

From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.

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