ratchets的中文翻譯是什麼意思
ratchets
n. （防倒轉的）棘齒( ratchet的名詞複數 )
v. （防倒轉的）棘齒( ratchet的第三人稱單數 )
ratchets的柯林斯釋義
N-COUNT(防倒轉的)棘齒，棘輪
In a tool or machine, a ratchet is a wheel or bar with sloping teeth, which can move only in one direction, because a piece of metal stops the teeth from moving backwards.
The chair has a ratchet below it to adjust the height...
這把椅子下面有棘輪調整高度。
A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin.
一種棘齒裝置把線從線軸轉到梭心上。
V-ERG（使）（工具或機器）發出嗒嗒聲
If a tool or machine ratchets or if you ratchet it, it makes a clicking noise as it operates, because it has a ratchet in it.
The rod bent double, the reel shrieked and ratcheted...
操作杆進一步彎曲，線軸發出刺耳的吱吱聲。
She took up a sheet and ratcheted it into the typewriter.
她拿起一張紙，把它嘩嘩啦啦地塞到打字機中。
N-SING（形勢的）每況愈下，惡化
If you describe a situation as a ratchet, you mean that it is bad and can only become worse.
...another raising of the ratchet of violence in the conflict.
衝突中又一次的暴力升級
ratchets的場景例句
The news ratchets up the pressure on Swiss bank secrecy.
這一訊息加大了瑞士銀行保密方面的壓力.
Eat too little, and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
吃得太少, 身體就會減慢新陳代謝.