flywheel

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fly·wheel /ˈflaɪwiːl/ noun [countable]  Ta heavy wheel that keeps a machine working at a steady speed 飞轮，惯性轮

Examples from the Corpus

flywheel• Instead, in an ingenious way, it uses a flywheel generator.• He fell into a big flywheel.• A bright green flywheel with decorated spokes.• His thoughts tended to be deflected away, as if from a fast-running flywheel.• He was fearful that the bearings might seize; if that happened, the spinning flywheel would tear the ship to pieces.• New Scientist took up some original thought on an old idea, the flywheel, which can store energy with high efficiency.• At night, the rotational energy of these flywheels could be tapped to run generators.

fly·wheel nounChineseSyllable  

that machine Corpus heavy a keeps a wheel

flywheel
fly‧wheel /ˈflaɪwiːl/ noun [countable]
a heavy wheel that keeps a machine working at a steady speed

fly·wheelBrE /ˈflaɪwiːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflaɪwiːl/ 🔊 nouna heavy wheel in a machine or an engine that helps to keep it working smoothly and at a steady speed 飞轮；惯性轮