ratchet
ratchet
noun
noun
- a device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a pawl, cog, or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only
刺轮机构
■a bar or wheel which has such a set of teeth
刺齿
■(figurative)a situation or process that is perceived to be deteriorating or changing steadily in a series of irreversible steps
(喻)倒退的情形（或过程）
yet another turn in the ratchet of state control over local experimentation.
国家对地方实验进行的又一轮倒退性控制。
- [with obj.]operate by means of a ratchet
刺轮驱动
■(ratchet something up/down)(figurative)cause something to rise (or fall) as a step in what is perceived as a steady and irreversible process
(喻)使逐步升高（或降低）
the Bank of Japan ratcheted up interest rates again.
日本银行又在逐渐提高利率。
■[no obj.]make a sound like a ratchet
发出刺轮声
- mid 17th cent.: from French rochet, originally denoting a blunt lance head, later in the sense 'bobbin, ratchet'; related to the base of archaic rock 'quantity of wool on a distaff for spinning'
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