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zhóu

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Definitions

  1. 1. axis
  2. 2. axle
  3. 3. spool (for thread)
  4. 4. roller (for scrolls)
  5. 5. classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

Words Containing 轴

斜轴
xié zhóu

oblique axes (math.)

滚子轴承
gǔn zi zhóu chéng

roller bearing

挂轴
guà zhóu

hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)

车轴草
chē zhóu cǎo

honewort

中轴
zhōng zhóu

axis

立轴
lì zhóu

vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy)

轴承销
zhóu chéng xiāo

pin bearing

水平轴
shuǐ píng zhóu

horizontal shaft

压轴好戏
yā zhòu hǎo xì

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[yā zhòu xì]

机轴
jī zhóu

arbor

压轴戏
yā zhòu xì

next-to-last item on a program (theater)

车轴
chē zhóu

axle

画轴
huà zhóu

character scroll

曲轴
qū zhóu

crankshaft

半轴
bàn zhóu

semiaxis

轴突
zhóu tū

axon

时间轴
shí jiān zhóu

time axis

轴心
zhóu xīn

axle

中轴线
zhōng zhóu xiàn

central axis (line)

轴丝
zhóu sī

axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)

后车轴
hòu chē zhóu

back axle (of car)

转轴
zhuàn zhóu

axis of rotation

卷轴
juàn zhóu

scroll (book or painting)

轴索
zhóu suǒ

axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)

对称轴
duì chèn zhóu

axis of symmetry

涡轮轴发动机
wō lún zhóu fā dòng jī

turboshaft

轴心国
zhóu xīn guó

Axis powers (World War II)

轴向
zhóu xiàng

axis

旋转轴
xuán zhuǎn zhóu

axis of rotation

联轴器
lián zhòu qì

(mechanics) coupler; coupling

心轴
xīn zhóu

central axis

轮轴
lún zhóu

wheel and axle (mechanism)

轴突运输
zhóu tū yùn shū

axonal transport

大轴戏
dà zhòu xì

last item on a program (theater)

自转轴
zì zhuàn zhóu

axis of rotation

主轴
zhǔ zhóu

axis

当轴
dāng zhóu

person in power

等轴晶系
děng zhóu jīng xì

cubical system (crystallography)

线轴
xiàn zhóu

thread spool

图轴
tú zhóu

scroll painting

滚珠轴承
gǔn zhū zhóu chéng

ball bearing

地轴
dì zhóu

the earth's axis

凸轮轴
tū lún zhóu

camshaft

轴率
zhóu lǜ

axial ratio

邪恶轴心
xié è zhóu xīn

the Axis of Evil

正半轴
zhèng bàn zhóu

positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)

枢轴
shū zhóu

pivot; fulcrum

座标轴
zuò biāo zhóu

coordinate axis

同轴
tóng zhóu

coaxial

轴承
zhóu chéng

(mechanical) bearing

极轴
jí zhóu

polar axis (x-axis in polar coordinates)

联轴节
lián zhòu jié

(mechanics) coupling

主轴承
zhǔ zhóu chéng

main bearing

数轴
shù zhóu

number line

半长轴
bàn cháng zhóu

semiaxis

同轴电缆
tóng zhóu diàn lǎn

coaxial cable

垂直轴
chuí zhí zhóu

vertical shaft

轴旋转
zhóu xuán zhuǎn

to rotate about an axis

传动轴
chuán dòng zhóu

drive shaft

连轴转
lián zhóu zhuàn

lit. to continuously revolve

轴距
zhóu jù

wheelbase

转动轴
zhuàn dòng zhóu

axis of rotation (mechanics)

轴线
zhóu xiàn

central axis (line)