escapement
- IPA[əˈskāpm(ə)nt]
美式
- a mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.；a mechanism in a typewriter that shifts the carriage a small fixed amount to the left after a key is pressed and released.
noun: escapement, plural noun: escapements
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名詞
- 1. a mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed amount and transmits a periodic impulse from the spring or weight to the balance wheel or pendulum.
- ▪ a mechanism in a typewriter that shifts the carriage a small fixed amount to the left after a key is pressed and released.
- ▪ the part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to fall back as soon as it has struck the string.
- a form of escapement in clocks and watches in which the teeth of the crown wheel or balance ...
Oxford Dictionary
- a mechanism in a watch connecting the escape wheel and the balance wheel with two levers.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a mechanism in a watch connecting the escape wheel and the balance wheel using two levers.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ɪˈskeɪpm(ə)nt]
英式
- a mechanism in a clock or watch that alternately checks and releases the train by a fixed ... a lever escapement
Oxford Dictionary
