ratchet
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 棘轮，棘爪
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词源说明
From French rochet (“bobbin, spindle, ratchet”), from Italian rocchetto (“spool, ratchet”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
- A ratchet wrench.
- (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
- (cryptography) A mechanism for generating a new unique key for each message by moving forward in a sequence.
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释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- (US, slang, derogatory) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.