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A ratchet is a machine part: a wheel or a bar with teeth, plus a little catch, that lets the teeth move one way and then locks so it cannot slip back. You meet it in a ratchet spanner or socket wrench, in a tie-down strap, in a jack, in some clocks. The whole point is one-way movement, click by click.
A ratchet棘輪 is是 a machine part一種機械零件: a wheel or a bar with teeth一個帶齒的輪子或桿子, plus a little catch再加一個小卡榫, that lets the teeth move one way讓齒只能往一個方向移動, and then locks so it cannot slip back然後卡住、不能滑回去。You你 meet it會遇到它 in a ratchet spanner or socket wrench在棘輪扳手或套筒扳手裡, in a tie-down strap在綑綁帶裡, in a jack在千斤頂裡, in some clocks在某些時鐘裡。The whole point整個重點 is是 one-way movement只能往一個方向動, click by click一格一格地。
People also use ratchet as a verb: if prices ratchet up, they climb in steps and do not easily fall back — the same one-way picture. That verb is common in news English.
People大家 also use ratchet as a verb也把ratchet當動詞用: if prices ratchet up如果說物價ratchet up, they climb in steps就是說它一階一階往上爬, and do not easily fall back而且不容易再掉下來 — the same one-way picture一樣是那種單向的畫面。That verb這個動詞用法 is common常見於 in news English新聞英文裡。
There is a separate informal American adjective ratchet meaning rough or low-class; that is a different word that only shares the spelling, and it is rude. This entry is the tool.
There is有 a separate informal American adjective ratchet另一個獨立的美式非正式形容詞ratchet, meaning rough or low-class意思是粗俗、下流; that那是 a different word不同的字, that only shares the spelling只是剛好拼法一樣, and it is rude而且是粗魯的字。This entry這個條目 is是 the tool指的是工具。
組成From French rochet (“bobbin, spindle, ratchet”), from Italian rocchetto (“spool, ratchet”).
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ratchetnoun詞源 1/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/
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A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
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A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
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A ratchet wrench.
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A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
- The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.
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computingcryptographyengineeringA mechanism for generating a new unique key for each message by moving forward in a sequence.
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A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear.
- Ahead of them a group of mandibulous sales men had set up their combustion cups and incendiary ratchets to demonstrate their wares to whatever officers might come by.
ratchetverb詞源 1/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/
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To increment or decrement; especially, to offer controlled motion that can increment while resisting decrement, or vice versa.
- This holddown ratchets, which allows the person loading the trailer to cinch down the straps.
- Compared with the excellent scroll wheels on the Basilisk V3 and G502 X, the G203’s scroll wheel feels less defined and mushier in its ratcheting.
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To cause (something) to become incremented or decremented.
- Get this holddown into position, but don't start ratcheting it yet. When I say go, you start ratcheting it, OK?
- It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.
ratchetadj詞源 2/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/
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derogatoryslangGhetto; unseemly, indecorous.
- The one thing that always accompanies Miley's ratchet look (along with the gang signs) is the tongue, which is sort of like saying this persona that she has adopted is some sort of gonzo idiot who can't keep its tongue in her head.
- The feminine-meets-fiesty creations are right on par with all the reasons we love the rightgeously^([sic]) ratchet “Work” singer — and she knows it.
ratchetnoun詞源 2/ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/
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derogatoryslangA person, usually a female, who acts or behaves in a ghetto, unseemly, or indecorous way or manner.
- I love it when jaboons let their jibbering get them in 5 times as much trouble as they're already in. Let's see if this ratchet can keep her dick trap shut in court.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。