pawl
pawl
[pɔːl]
noun
[pɔːl]
noun
- a pivoted curved bar or lever whose free end engages with the teeth of a cogwheel or ratchet so that the wheel or ratchet can only turn or move one way
（防逆转的）棘爪，推爪
■each of a set of short stout bars that engage with the whelps and prevent a capstan, windlass, or winch from recoiling
（防止绞盘或起锚机逆转的）掣转杆
- early 17th cent.: perhaps from Low German and Dutch pal (related to pal 'fixed')
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- confirmable adj.可以确定的
- confirmand n.请求受按手礼
- confirmation n.确认，认可,证实,证明,[宗]坚信礼
- confirmative adj.确定的，证实的
- confirmatory adj.确定的，证实的
- confirmed adj.确认的,坚定的,根深蒂固的 v.批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词),证实
- confirmedly adv.坚定地，根深蒂固地
- confiscable adj.可没收的
- confiscate vt.没收,充公,查抄,征用 adj.被没收的，被充公的,被征用的
- confiscation n.没收，充公，征用
- confiscator n.没收，充公
- confiscatory adj.没收的，充公的
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