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crosshead

/kraws-hed, kros-/US // ˈkrɔsˌhɛd, ˈkrɒs- //UK // (ˈkrɒsˌhɛd) //

十字头,十字架,十字头的,十字头产品

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
    • : Machinery. a sliding member of a reciprocating engine for keeping the motion of the joint between a piston rod and a connecting rod in a straight line.
    • : Nautical. a crosspiece on a rudderpost by which the rudder is turned.
    • : Engineering, Building Trades. a transverse timber for transmitting the lifting effort of two or more jackscrews supporting it to the foot of a shore that it supports.Compare shore.

Examples

  • The air and circulating pumps are bolted to the back of the condensers, and are worked by levers from the engine crosshead.

  • One of the alternatives is a guided crosshead (fig. 9, top right).

  • The two rams of these cylinders pass through the ends of, and carry, a crosshead, upon which the main ram rests.

  • This large upward force is required for stripping the tubes off the mandrels, in addition to raising the main ram crosshead, etc.

  • In Winwick Churchyard is a great fragment of a crosshead, consisting of the boss and two arms.