bezel
发音
How to pronounce bezel in British English:
英 [ˈbezl]
How to pronounce bezel in American English:
美 [ˈbɛzəl]
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- Noun:
- a sloping edge on a cutting tool
单词词源
- bezel (n.)
- 1610s, "sloping edge," also "groove in which a stone is set," from Old French *besel (13c.; Modern French biseau), cognate with Spanish bisel; of uncertain origin, perhaps literally "a stone with two angles," from Vulgar Latin *bis-alus, from bis- "twice" (see bis-) + ala "wing, side" (see alar). Meaning "oblique face of a gem" is from c. 1840. The verb meaning "grind (a tool) down to an edge" is from 1670s.
双语例句
- 1. Clock bezel missing beveled glass lens .
- 2. Bezel and dial accented with 34 diamonds .
- 3. Likewise , in portrait mode , there isn 't much of a bezel to grip .
- 4. Black aluminium bezel with tachymeter .
- 5. It 's easy enough to hold with one hand , but for an ipad user ( which features a much larger bezel ) , this took some getting used to .