(noun.) a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; 'he was a small cog in a large machine'.
(verb.) join pieces of wood with cogs.
(verb.) roll steel ingots.
录入:梅利特
双语例句
How in the world had they got from cog-wheels to Chevy Chace? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
It had cog wheels engaging teeth on the side of the rail. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
They run on cog rail along the lock walls. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Incline from locks of different levels up and down which the towing motors run on cog rails. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
In this the pistons consisted of two cog wheels, their leaves intermeshing, and rotated in an elliptical shaped chamber. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The cylinders of those engines were vertical, and each of the four wheels acted propulsively on the rails by means of an endless chain running along cog-wheels fixed on the axles. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
The whole department works like one vast machine, and each man is a very definite and necessary cog in the whole scheme of procedure. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
In that diagram, also, there is shown a cog-wheel, _h_, fixed on to the axis, and a small outer case, in which that wheel rotates. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
The important parts of the machinery were huddled together, and caused friction, and the cog-wheels soon became badly worn. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The quadrant, B, has cogs cut, between which Z slides and stops the motion of A, which is moved, as before, by clockwork. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.