英语词汇“counterweight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

counterweight

释义

counter-weight, counterweight|ˈkaʊntəweɪt|
[counter- 8: cf. prec. and counterpoise n.]
A weight in the opposite scale, a counterbalancing weight, a counterpoise.
1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2837/4 Lines, Pullies, and Counter⁓weights.1710Norris Chr. Prud. v. 216 However it may be outweigh'd..by a Counterweight in the prevailing Scale.1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. iii. 78 As soon as the counter-weight was taken off..the spring exerted its power.1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 394/2 The telescope is balanced by counter-weights suspended by chains.
b. fig.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 64 They attribute [to the Will] a power of controlling desire, without aid of any counter-weight whatsoever.1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. 662/1 Physical studies as a counter-weight..to theology.

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