wheelbench

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The seat for the driver that sits above the wheels in a wagon that is drawn by draft animals such as horses or oxen.
    — This object we accomplish by the use of the mechanism illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the wheelbench and the tank.
  2. A manually propelled, wheeled mobility device in which the user lies down. The user pushes the wheels with the hands in a similar way to propelling a wheelchair or, alternatively, a second person pulls or pushes it by the handles.
    — Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness (physiological or physical), injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench.

词形变化

wheelbenches plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English bench
English wheelbench
From wheel + bench.
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