English Dictionary

fusee

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfjuːzi/

名詞

アメリカ英語

A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers. / A large friction match. / A fuse for an explosive.

日本語の意味

古い時計、アンティーク時計、及び非電子の海洋用クロノメーターに使用される、円錐形で溝の入った滑車の部品 / 大きな摩擦式マッチ / 爆発物用の導火線

The watchmaker carefully cleaned the tiny fusee, the conical, grooved pulley that regulated the mainspring's force.

時計職人は、香箱の力を調節する小さな円錐形の溝付き滑車を丁寧に掃除した。

意味（1）

A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.

To day when we attended the winding up of the watches the fusee of Mr Arnolds would not turn round and after several unsuccessfull tryals we were obliged to let it go down […] .

意味（2）

A large friction match.

A comfortable hammock on a warm afternoon would appeal to his indolent tastes, and then, when he was getting drowsy, a lighted fusee thrown into the nest would bring the wasps out in an indignant mass, and they would soon find a ‘home away from home’ on Waldo's fat body.

意味（3）

A fuse for an explosive.

意味（4）

(US) A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad.

fusees （ plural ）