资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n.
   1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing
      of a saddle or cushion.

   2. (Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat;
      especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices,
      etc.; forcemeat; dressing.

   3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing
      leather.

   {Stuffing box}, a device for rendering a joint impervious
      where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical
      body, as the paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger
      of a pump, slides back and forth, or in which a shaft
      turns. It usually consists of a box or chamber, made by an
      enlargement of part of the hole, forming a space around
      the rod or shaft for containing packing which is
      compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of
      a sleeve, called the gland, which fits loosely around the
      rod, and is pressed upon the packing by bolts or other
      means.

资料来源 : WordNet®

stuffing box
     n : a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a
         reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal [syn: {packing
         box}]