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单词 rivet
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rivet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrɪv.ɪt/us
/ˈrɪv.ɪt/
ametalpinused tofastenflatpiecesofmetalor otherthickmaterialssuch asleather
铆钉
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Nuts, bolts & screws
  • bolt
  • nail
  • nut
  • screw
  • thread
  • wing nut
rivet
verb[T]
uk
/ˈrɪv.ɪt/us
/ˈrɪv.ɪt/
tofastenpartstogether with a rivet:
铆，铆接
Manypartsof anaircraftare rivetedtogether.飞机很多部件都是铆接在一起的。
be riveted
to not beabletostoplookingat something because it is sointerestingorfrightening:
（因感到有趣而）目不转睛地看；（因害怕而）动弹不得，呆若木鸡
It was anamazingfilm- I wasabsolutelyriveted.那部电影太精彩了——我完全被吸引住了。
Hiseyeswere rivetedonthetelevision.他双眼紧盯着电视看。
Hepulledout agunand I was rivetedto thespot(= sofrightenedthat I could notmove).他拔出了枪，我简直被吓呆了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fastening and tying
  • anchor
  • bale
  • be locked togetheridiom
  • belay
  • boardsomethingup
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bowline
  • granny knot
  • half hitch
  • harness
  • hobble
  • hogtie
  • stake
  • strapsomeonein
  • strapsomethingup
  • tack
  • tapesomethingup
  • tether
  • tiesomeonedown
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Making people excited and interested
(Definition ofrivetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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rivet
noun[C]
us
/ˈrɪv·ɪt/
ametalpinused tofastentogetherflatpiecesofmetalor otherthickmaterialssuch asleather
rivet
verb[T]
us
/ˈrɪv·ɪt/
If something rivets someone, itattractsandkeepssomeone'sattention:
Herperformanceriveted theaudience.
(Definition ofrivetfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To hear a song again is not only to hear structure but that structure as totally fixed and riveted to larger auditory scaffolding.
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Thus, these events become memorable, that is, available for recollection or riveted to consciousness, by being stitched together with music.
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The performance of this multi-facetted and disparate score is a riveting one.
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As a result of collisions with the ice, a bow plate had buckled and numerous rivets had sheered or loosened, and she was taking water at an alarming rate.
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From the riveting to the mundane, much of adult conversation concerns talk about the absent : for example, scheming in world politics, planning trips abroad, or gossiping with friends.
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All make for riveting if dense reading and it seems invidious to single out any one element from the wealth of information gathered by the different projects.
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The package contained three sticks of gelignite, a fuse detonator and rivets.
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The sound and other technicians were listening, riveted, to that broadcast.
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During my apprenticeship we progressed from using rivets to join plates together to welded sections, built in a shed.
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The specification admits of welded or of riveted construction, or a combination of both, to suit the capacity of individual manufacturers.
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The enormous size of the ship and the terrible extent of the loss of life no doubt riveted public attention.
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However, oil companies are taxed differently from companies that make rivets, for example.
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All the rivets and nails were unused, but they were rusty and mixed in sizes.
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Our eyes have in the past been riveted and are today being riveted on the£rather than on production and techniques of production.
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The surveyor ordered a doubling plate to be riveted over the hole in the hull, and the ship was allowed to go to sea.
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