piston
英 ['pɪst(ə)n]
美 ['pɪstən]
- n. 活塞
- n. (Piston)人名；(英、意)皮斯頓
助記提示
Latin pinsere (past participle pistus) "to pound" => piston, pestle, pistil.
fist => piston, pistil, pestle.
2. 區分：pistol，piston: pistol "short firearm, small hand-held firearm", 有該詞的含義可知，它是一個指小詞，所以該詞末尾一定是一個指小的後綴：-ol. 而 piston 則不是指小詞，所以根據後綴區分就一目了然了。
3. 區分：pistol，piston: pistol 的尾字母l像一把槍，而 piston 的尾字母n則像是活塞外部的凹形槽。
4. 活塞：顧名思義就是“活動的塞子”，因此它是在一個凹形槽的內部按照一定頻率有規律地上下活動。
5. NBA: 底特律活塞隊: Detroit Pistons.
中文詞源
piston 活塞來自古意大利語pistone,活塞，來自拉丁語pinsere,搗，杵，詞源同pestle,pistil.
英文詞源
- piston
- piston: [18] The Latin verb pinsere meant ‘beat, pound’. Its past participial stem pist- formed the basis for the noun pistillum ‘grinding stick, pestle’ (from which English gets pistil ‘female flower part’ [18], an allusion to its shape). This passed into Italian as pestello, from which English gets pestle [14]. From the Italian stem pest- was formed pestone ‘rammer’, whose variant pistone gave French piston – whence English piston.
=> pestle, pistil - piston (n.)
- 1704, from French piston, from Middle French piston "large pestle," from Old Italian pistone "a piston," variant of pestone "a pestle," from pestare "to pound," from Late Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pinsere (past participle pistus) "to pound" (see pestle). As a verb from 1930.
雙語例句
- 1. Let's get the lathe to turn the new piston.
- 咱們用車床車[加工]新的活塞吧.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. They use a piston engine instead.
- 他們改用活塞發動機.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Tell the foundry to cast another piston.
- 告訴鑄鐵間再鑄一隻活塞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The piston slides noiselessly up and down.
- 這個活塞上下活動,沒有響聲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The piston moves by steam pressure.
- 活塞在蒸汽壓力下運動.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》