亚洲网紅露点

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babbitt

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[ bab-it ]

noun

  1. a bearing or lining of Babbitt metal.


adjective

  1. pertaining to or made of Babbitt metal.

verb (used with object)

  1. to line, face, or furnish with Babbitt metal.

Babbitt

2

[ bab-it ]

noun

  1. Irving, 1865鈥1933, U.S. educator and critic.
  2. Milton Byron, 1916鈥2011, U.S. composer.
  3. (italics) a novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis.
  4. (often lowercase) a self-satisfied person who conforms readily to conventional, middle-class ideas and ideals, especially of business and material success; Philistine: from the main character in the novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Babbitt

1

/ 藞产忙产瑟迟 /

noun

  1. derogatory.
    a narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

babbitt

2

/ 藞产忙产瑟迟 /

verb

  1. tr to line (a bearing) or face (a surface) with Babbitt metal or a similar soft alloy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Babbitt

  1. (1922) A novel by Sinclair Lewis . The title character , an American real estate agent in a small city, is portrayed as a crass, loud, overoptimistic boor who thinks only about money and speaks in clich茅s, such as 鈥淵ou've gotta have pep, by golly!鈥
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Notes

By extension, a 鈥淏abbitt鈥 is a narrow-minded, materialistic businessman.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞叠补产产颈迟迟谤测, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of babbitt1

First recorded in 1900鈥05; short for Babbitt metal
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of babbitt1

C20: after George Babbitt , central character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis
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Example Sentences

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By 鈥渂abbitt鈥 he no doubt meant that Rice should install the metal casings in which the bearings were to sit.

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To refit the brasses to the jaws of the strap, the flanges which do not as a rule wear much are usually tinned with a soldering iron, and given a lining of babbitt metal.

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All bearings are of high-grade babbitt, die cast, and are interchangeable and easily replaced.

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If babbitt is bored dry, balls of metal tend to form on the tool point and score the work.

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Next in importance is its use in the making of solder and of babbitt or bearing metal.

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