Dreye權威釋義

ratch

n.

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以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a pawl, cog, or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only.

v.

(ratchets, ratcheting, ratcheted)

operate by means of a ratchet.
(ratchet something up/down) cause something to rise (or fall) as a step in an irreversible process.

C17: from Fr. rochet, orig. denoting a blunt lance head, later in the sense ‘bobbin, ratchet’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》