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aftershaft

/af-ter-shaft, ahf-ter-shahft/US // ˈæf tərˌʃæft, ˈɑf tərˌʃɑft //UK // (ˈɑːftəˌʃɑːft) //

后轴,尾轴,后桥,后轮轴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Ornithology.

    • : a supplementary feather, usually small, arising from the underside of the base of the shafts of certain feathers in many birds.
    • : the shaft of such a feather.

Examples

  • Only in the cassowary and emu among adult birds is the aftershaft as large as the main shaft.