資料來源 : pyDict
抽成鐵絲;拉長;論點
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wiredraw \Wire"draw`\, v. t. [imp. {Wiredrew}; p. p.
{Wiredrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiredrawing}.]
1. To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it
through a hole in a plate of steel.
2. Hence, to draw by art or violence.
My sense has been wiredrawn into blasphemy.
--Dryden.
3. Hence, also, to draw or spin out to great length and
tenuity; as, to wiredraw an argument.
Such twisting, such wiredrawing, was never seen in a
court of justice. --Macaulay.
4. (Steam Engine) To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through
narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or
force by friction.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wiredrew
See {wiredraw}