| 词汇 | waterwheel |
| 释义 | waterwheel noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɔː.tə.wiːl/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.wiːl/ a large wheel that is turned by flowing water and used to provide the power for machinery（为机械提供动力的）水轮，水车 Westend61/GettyImages Machines - generators & pumps -engined alternator breeder reactor charger dock docking station dynamo electromotive jet engine nuclear reactor power station pump-action repressurize sail solar plant substation treadmill turbofan vacuum pump watermill By putting gears together, you can send the power from a waterwheel to a machine. The first waterwheel we know about was in a flour mill in Byzantium, now Turkey. The first wheel used for power was the waterwheel. Examples of waterwheelwaterwheel Conventional designs at the time used the reciprocating motion to pump water into a reservoir and turn a waterwheel, or used other complex arrangements of gears and chains. I would ask, then, why is not a waterwheel excluded? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could also be hydraulically powered, with a turbine or waterwheel arrangement giving the mechanical force to turn the barrel and pump the bellows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The waterwheel drove three pairs of millstones via two lineshafts, each driven by a 2 ft diameter cast iron gear. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The waterwheel had been replaced by a turbine which drove the millstones via a great spur wheel that was only 3ft3 in diameter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It had two waterwheels for two grist runs and one husking run. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They also made large mechanical puppet theatres driven by waterwheels and carriage wheels and wine-serving automatons driven by paddle wheel boats. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The aqueduct begins at the waterwheel and flows behind it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Entering the pumping chamber next to the pit head, the water turned a 23ftm 0 diameter overshot waterwheel that powered a nodding donkey or pumpjack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The milling and grinding technology and the drive (waterwheel) are built on a floating platform on this type of mill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The waterwheel which powered the tannery is still present. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mill is still used to produce animal feeds, however the waterwheel and millpond, which remain, are no longer in use. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The becks course was diverted to supply the millpond and power the overshot waterwheel that operated the mill. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has retained its original waterwheel which can still be seen and heard turning today. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sluice which powered the waterwheel and sluice keepers cottage still exist. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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