sprocket

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɹɒkɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
  2. The tooth of such a wheel. plural-normally
  3. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
    — Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

词形变化

sprockets plural splocket alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
intersprocket sprocketed sprocketless sprocket wheel

词源

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.
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