根据朗文现代英语词典的解释,TRACTION有三种意思。第一个意思是指通过牵引的方法,对骨折进行治疗的一种医疗方法;第二个意思是指防止物体如轮子之类物体在表面滑动的阻力;第三个意思是指能够使车辆移动的力量,或者拖拉重载物的力量。
英文如下:
trac‧tion /"trækÐÊn/ [uncountable]
1MI the process of treating a broken bone with special medical equipment that pulls it
in traction
He was in traction (=receiving this kind of treatment) for weeks after the accident.
2HP the force that prevents something such as a wheel sliding on a surface:
The tires were bald (=completely worn) and lost traction on the wet road.
3TT the type of power needed to make a vehicle move, or to pull a heavy load
traction 英['trækʃn] 美[ˈtrækʃən]
n. 拖拉;牵引力;附着摩擦力
[例句]Traction was intimately linked with starvation.
饥饿常常和和当时的动力来源:牵引畜力紧密相连。
. 牵引;[机][车辆] 牵引力
拖拉;牵引力;附着摩擦力
拖拉,牵引力,附着摩擦力