cylinder

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/    /ˈsɪləndɚ/|[ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
    — When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied.
  2. A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
  3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
    — A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.
  4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
  5. The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
  6. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
  7. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
  8. The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
  9. The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
动词 v.
  1. To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy. transitive

词形变化

cylinders plural cylinders present,singular,third-person cylindering participle,present cylindered participle,past cylindered past

词源

词源 1
From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.
词源 2
From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.
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