a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding around a horizontal rotating drum, turned by a crank or by motor or other power source; a windlass 绞车,卷扬机;辘轳 ■(Brit.)the reel of a fishing rod (英)(钓竿上的)钓丝螺旋轮 ■another term for wince 同 wince
the crank of a wheel or axle 摇柄,曲柄
verb
[with obj.]hoist or haul with a winch 用绞车拉;用卷扬机吊;用辘轳绞
派生 wincher noun 语源
late Old English wince 'reel, pulley', of Germanic origin; related to the verb wink. The verb dates from the early 16th cent