cog

Word family nouncogwheelcoggercogcogging

Related topics: Technology, Mechanical

cog /kɒɡ $ kɑːɡ/ noun [countableC]

1. Ta wheel with small bits sticking out around the edge that fit together with the bits of another wheel as they turn in a machine 齿轮

2. Tone of the small bits that stick out on a cog 嵌齿，轮齿

3. a cog in the machine/wheel UNIMPORTANTsomeone who only has a small unimportant job in a large organization 〔大机构中的〕无足轻重的人物，小人物

Examples from the Corpus

cog• When processes are so complex nobody really understands them, employees feel like anonymous cogs in a big machine.• The lime kiln belly rotated on giant cogs into the dark of the next chamber.• He's joined the Liberal Party, and now he's a very important cog in the cabinet.• I hear them in there pry up his forehead like a manhole cover, clash and snarl of jammed cogs.• They were like cogs working together, fitting into place when and where they were needed.• Our cog was a sturdy merchantman escorted by a small man-of-war.• Silver Reed and Knitmaster owners should make sure the patterning cogs spin freely.• The steering is pin sharp and the delicate gearshift absolutely superb, swapping the cogs with a velvet action.

Origin cog

(1200-1300) From a Scandinavian language

词汇	cog
释义	cog Word family nouncogwheelcoggercogcogging Related topics: Technology, Mechanical cog /kɒɡ $ kɑːɡ/ noun [countableC] 1. Ta wheel with small bits sticking out around the edge that fit together with the bits of another wheel as they turn in a machine 齿轮 2. Tone of the small bits that stick out on a cog 嵌齿，轮齿 3. a cog in the machine/wheel UNIMPORTANTsomeone who only has a small unimportant job in a large organization 〔大机构中的〕无足轻重的人物，小人物 Examples from the Corpus cog• When processes are so complex nobody really understands them, employees feel like anonymous cogs in a big machine.• The lime kiln belly rotated on giant cogs into the dark of the next chamber.• He's joined the Liberal Party, and now he's a very important cog in the cabinet.• I hear them in there pry up his forehead like a manhole cover, clash and snarl of jammed cogs.• They were like cogs working together, fitting into place when and where they were needed.• Our cog was a sturdy merchantman escorted by a small man-of-war.• Silver Reed and Knitmaster owners should make sure the patterning cogs spin freely.• The steering is pin sharp and the delicate gearshift absolutely superb, swapping the cogs with a velvet action. Origin cog (1200-1300) From a Scandinavian language
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