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dowel

/dou-uhl/US // ˈdaʊ əl //UK // (ˈdaʊəl) //

销钉,销子,钉子,榫头

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n.名词 noun
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    • : Also called dowel pin .Carpentry. a pin, usually round, fitting into holes in two adjacent pieces to prevent their slipping or to align them.
    • : a piece of wood driven into a hole drilled in a masonry wall to receive nails, as for fastening woodwork.
    • : a round wooden rod of relatively small diameter.
    • : Dentistry. a peg, usually of metal, set into the root canal of a natural tooth to give additional support to an artificial crown.
v.有主动词 verb
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    dow·eled, dow·el·ing or dow·elled, dow·el·ling.

    • : to reinforce or furnish with a dowel or dowels.

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Examples

  • The advantage of this cradle is obvious, preventing as it does any tendency of the partly-formed dowel to slip or wobble.

  • The template is put on the ends of the straight pole, and the dowel centres are pricked into the wood.

  • Fig. 192 shows a completed dowel with a small groove running along its entire length.

  • Fig. 209 shows the top portion of a table leg and a home-made dowel gauge.

  • When it sounds best, glue the dowel in place and allow it to dry before sawing it off and cutting the slanting part.