dwell
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
- 2.
(engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
- 3.
(electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
- 4.
(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive, literary)(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
- 2.
(intransitive)To linger (on); to remain fixated. [with on ‘a particular thought, idea, etc.’]
Stop dwelling on the past!
- 3.
(intransitive)(intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
- 4.
(intransitive)To abide; to remain; to continue.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English dwellen (delay, live, remain, persist), from Old English dwellan (to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (to hold up, delay; hesitate), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate), which is cognate with dvelja and related to, which underwent semantic change in its descendants.