(noun.) (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; 'his leg was in traction for several days'.
录入:玛丽
双语例句
A powerful steam traction engine of fifty horse power hauls across the field a planting combination of sixteen ten-inch plows, four six-foot harrows and a seeding drill in the rear. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
This, in its latest form known as the gearless traction elevator, does away with all intricate machinery, and yields a machine moving with equal speed whatever the height. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Traction is then made on the chains controlling the jaws, which close; the grapple is hoisted to the surface and its contents discharged into scows alongside the dredge. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
This mode of traction was afterwards extended, in many instances, along the whole railway, so as to supersede the use of horse power. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
This is a fitting stage at which to review briefly what had been done in electric traction up to that date. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Traction engine pulling sixteen 10-inch plows, four 6-foot harrows, and a drill. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
In his traction work he had a close second in Robert Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, who in 1839 operated both a lathe and a small locomotive with the motor he had invented. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
It has been replaced by the electric traction elevator. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
A little animal muscle, supplied by draft oxen, horse traction, and the like, contributed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
When these fine roads become the possession of a country light traction engines for passenger traffic will be found largely supplanting the horse and the steam railroad engines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.