Word · Frequency #16188
lathes
车床
lathes is the plural of lathe.
a machine tool that shapes metal or wood by turning the workpiece on a horizontal axis against a fixed cutting tool
- 1.
A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
车床,通过旋转工件对刀具进行成型的机床
- 2.
machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
用于加工金属或木材的机床；工件围绕水平轴旋转,对固定工具进行加工
- 3.
The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft.
织机的筘座,用于分开经纱并打紧纬纱
车床,通过旋转工件对刀具进行成型的机床；用于加工金属或木材的机床；工件围绕水平轴旋转,对固定工具进行加工；织机的筘座,用于分开经纱并打紧纬纱
In use
He carefully shaped a chair leg on a lathe in his workshop.
The craftsman uses a lathe to make precise metal parts for the machine.
You should wear safety glasses when operating a lathe.
turn sth on a lathe
on a lathe 表示“在车床上”，常与 turn、shape 等动词连用。
He turned the handle on a lathe.
他在车床上车削了这个把手。
lathe sth
lathe 作动词时是及物动词，后接被加工的材料或工件；过去式为 lathed。
The technician lathed the metal rod.
技术员用车床加工了那根金属杆。
Common mistakes
The carpenter uses lathe to make table legs.The carpenter uses a lathe to make table legs.
Connections
Collocations
- operate a lathe
- 操作车床
- You need a safety course to operate a lathe.操作车床需要先上安全课程。
- lathe operator
- 车床操作工
- The lathe operator checked the dimensions of the shaft.车床操作工检查了轴的尺寸。
- metal lathe
- 金属车床
- This metal lathe handles stainless steel easily.这台金属车床能轻松加工不锈钢。
- wood lathe
- 木工车床
- He used a wood lathe to carve the chair leg.他用木工车床雕刻椅腿。
- turn on a lathe
- 在车床上车削
- The artisan turned a vase on a lathe.工匠在车床上车削出一个花瓶。
- lathe a part
Learner notes
Memory Tip
车床（lathe）上，工件被“拉”着绕轴旋转，刀架来回切削；看到 lathe 就想到“拉”动旋转的车床。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：machine shop、metalworking、woodworking 通常用于机械加工、木工等操作场景；名词“车床”是最常见的用法，动词表示“用车床加工”，多出现在技术文档或操作说明中。整体属中性技术用语，日常生活中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
共同点：都以 -the 结尾，且词尾读 /ð/。与 lathe 押韵的有 bathe /beɪð/ 和 swathe /sweɪð/；clothe (/oʊ/)、loathe (/oʊ/)、lithe (/aɪ/)、breathe (/iː/) 是拼写相近但元音不同的词。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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