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铆钉用铆钉固定,敲进去,注目,固定

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

Rivet \Riv"et\, n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa
   to fasten together. Cf. {Reef} part of a sail.]
   A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or
   pieces of material together, by passing it through them and
   then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall
   spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or
   clinched at both ends.

         With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.

   {Rivet joint}, or {Riveted joint}, a joint between two or
      more pieces secured by rivets.

Rivet \Riv"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riveted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Riveting}.]
   1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two
      pieces of iron.

   2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin,
      rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort
      of head.

   3. Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or
      immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

            Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers!
                                                  --Congreve.

            Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

资料来源 : WordNet®

rivet
     n 1: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as
          on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: {stud}]
     2: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being
        hammered flat after being passed through holes in the
        pieces that are fastened together

rivet
     v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
          studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate}, {focus},
           {center}, {centre}, {pore}]
     2: fasten with a rivet or rivets
     3: hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull
        riveted the paleontologists"
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