Flange



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 火车车轮的) 凸缘, 轮缘
• ［记］ 美军打仗时把中国人叫做""flange head"" ( 凸头)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of flanch a curving charge on a heraldic shield
• Date: circa 1735
• 1. a rib or rim for strength, for guiding, or for attachment to another object <a flange on a pipe><a flange on a wheel>
• 2. a projecting edge of cloth used for decoration on clothing <a jacket with flange shoulders>

II. transitive verb (flanged; flanging)

• Date: circa 1859
• to furnish with a flange

记忆

机械里面的专用词语 “法兰” 就是由这个词引进的

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