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hydraulic

/hahy-draw-lik, -drol-ik/US // haɪˈdrɔ lɪk, -ˈdrɒl ɪk //UK // (haɪˈdrɒlɪk) //

水力,液压,水压,液压系统

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
    • : operated by the pressure created by forcing water, oil, or another liquid through a comparatively narrow pipe or orifice.
    • : of or relating to water or other liquids in motion.
    • : of or relating to hydraulics.
    • : hardening under water, as a cement.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.moved by fluid under pressure

Examples

  • Plus, if space is limited, this treadmill can be easily folded with the hydraulic-assisted lift, which reduces the weight of the deck when being raised and lowered.

  • It takes about 14 seconds for a hydraulic piston to drive the log into a fixed wedge and return to the ready position.

  • But, if you have the benefit of splitting wood with a hydraulic log splitter, you can do it at whatever stage you choose.

  • Before the sensors came into use, the hydraulic models that administrators like Gilot used had to assume uniform rainfall across the whole city.

  • We were to limb the crowns of fallen trees, cut the trunks into manageable rounds, and then schlep these to hydraulic wood-splitting machines, where a crew member would crank out triangular wedges.

  • New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.

  • Or maybe a book about renting a hydraulic lift and painting the house.

  • Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is still somewhat of a mystery to most of the country.

  • The title poem rushes forward with a gorgeous hydraulic motion, as if Proust had been sped up and turned into a Town Car.

  • The increase is largely attributed to more drilling and the sharp rise of hydraulic fracturing in the U.S.

  • Pressed bricks, moulded under hydraulic pressure, and much used for facing work.

  • It has been proved by hydraulic tests that good bricklayers' work can be executed at the latter minimum.

  • Grey stone lime is feebly hydraulic, and makes a good mortar for ordinary work.

  • At Sunderland, the bridge is first lifted by a hydraulic press so as to clear the roadway behind, and is then rolled back.

  • The bridge is worked by hydraulic power, an accumulator with a load of 34 tons supplying pressure water at 630 lb per sq. in.