sheave
/sheev/US // ʃiv //UK // (ʃiːv) //
绞车,绞轮,绞盘,绞链
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v.有主动词 verb
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sheaved, sheav·ing.
- : to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves.
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Examples
Upon this sheave, a smaller horizontal pulley x′ rubs, whose upper face is covered with leather to increase the friction.
The water was smooth as oil, and so still that not a creaking rope or rattling sheave disturbed the deathlike silence.
Opening my eyes, I thrust at the opening of the sheave with the end of the line; but it was knotted, and would not go through.
Unfortunately the halliards had somehow got jammed aloft in the sheave, and the sail would not come down.
I could see men moving about; I could hear the creaking of the blocks, as the light roll drew a rope over a sheave.
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