sprocket

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n. 链轮齿 [机] 链轮

发音

US
UK /ˈspɹɒkɪt/

词形变化

sprockets 复数 sprockets

别名

splocket

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

    工程
  2. 2.

    The tooth of such a wheel.

  3. 3.

    A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.

    建筑
  4. 4.

    A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

    Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

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词源

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

来源:wiktionary