polyspast

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A machine consisting of many pulleys
    — The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant polyspasts; the Emperor himself laid it.
  2. A machine of many pulleys, formerly used to reduce dislocation
  3. A windlass with many pulleys and truckles

词形变化

polyspasts plural

词源

From Latin polyspaston (“hoisting-tackle with many pulleys”), from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).
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