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foot-pound-second

/foot-pound-sek-uhnd/US // ˈfʊtˈpaʊndˈsɛk ənd //

脚磅秒

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Physics.

    • : of or relating to the system of units in which the foot, pound, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbreviation: fps, f.p.s.

Examples

  • Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.

  • And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

  • A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”

  • If 29 vote for someone else, the race for speaker goes to a second ballot for the first time in almost 100 years.

  • Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

  • On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.

  • The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.