vise
/vaɪs/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈaɪs] /vaɪs/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈaɪs] /ˈvīs How to pronounce vise (audio)/ (ame, mw)
vise — 名詞
- visesingular
- visesplural
1. a workshop tool with two flat metal jaws that clamp shut as you turn a handle or
老虎鉗
固定物體的工具，旋轉手柄即可夾緊
a workshop tool with two flat metal jaws that clamp shut as you turn a handle or screw, designed to keep an object steady while you work on it with a file, saw, or drill.
The carpenter tightened the vise around the wooden chair leg before sanding it.
木匠將老虎鉗鎖緊，固定住那條木椅腿，然後開始打磨。
tightened the vise around [object]
A bench vise holds metal parts securely while you thread a screw into them.
小型桌上型虎鉗可以牢牢夾住金屬零件，讓你輕鬆將螺絲鎖入。
hold [object] securely while [action]
Tomas clamped the steel rod in the vise and began filing the rough edge smooth.
Tomas 把鋼棒夾在老虎鉗上，開始把粗糙的邊緣銼平。
Wear eye protection near a vise because small metal chips can fly up.
在老虎鉗附近工作時務必佩戴護目鏡，因為細小的金屬碎片可能飛濺起來。
- clamp
A broader term for any device that presses parts together; a clamp may not have the screw-and-jaw design of a vise.
- bench clamp
Specifically a clamp attached to a workbench; less common in everyday speech.
文法句型
vise — countable noun
用法筆記
The US spelling is vise; the UK spelling is vice. In both spellings, this meaning (the bench tool) is the same. Do not confuse with 'vice' meaning a bad habit or immoral behavior.
常見錯誤
2. a powerful grip, a tight hold, or a situation that confines or restricts someone
箝制
緊緊抓住或限制行動的力量或處境
a powerful grip, a tight hold, or a situation that confines or restricts someone or something, as if they were being squeezed by a vise.
The winter storm held the mountain town in a vise of snow and ice.
那場暴風雪用冰雪的箝制緊緊困住了山城。
caught in the vise of [something] (figurative)
Every time the phone rang, a vise of anxiety tightened around Kenta's chest.
每次電話一響，一陣焦慮就像老虎鉗般緊緊勒住 Kenta 的胸口。
Small businesses lay in the vise of rising costs and falling demand.
小型企業陷入成本上漲和需求下降的雙重箝制之中。
Dr. Chen felt the vise of a migraine pressing behind her left eye.
Chen 醫師感覺到偏頭痛像老虎鉗般壓在左眼後方。
- clutch
Emphasizes the act of gripping or seizing; often used of fear or cold.
- stranglehold
Stronger and more negative than vise; suggests a deliberate tightening meant to harm or destroy.
- grip
More general; less precise about the mechanical, squeezing quality.
- release
The act of letting go or freeing from a tight hold.
文法句型
a vise of [something]
in the vise of [something]
用法筆記
This is a figurative extension of the physical tool sense. It almost always appears with a following prepositional phrase ('of [something]') that names the force or situation doing the squeezing.
vise — 動詞
- visepresent simple I / you / we / they
- vises3rd person singular
- vising-ing form
- visedpast simple
1. to press, hold, or squeeze something very firmly, either with a vise tool or in
夾緊；壓緊
像虎鉗一樣緊緊夾住或壓住
to press, hold, or squeeze something very firmly, either with a vise tool or in a way that feels like being caught in a vise.
The plumber vised the pipe in place before cutting through it with a hacksaw.
水電師傅用虎鉗把水管夾緊固定好，才用鋼鋸把它切斷。
vised [object] in place before [action]
Mei-Lin vised the bracket between the jaws of the bench tool before drilling.
Mei-Lin 把支架夾在工作臺虎鉗的鉗口之間，然後進行鑽孔。
Omar's arm was vised between the heavy crate and the wall, trapping him.
Omar 的手臂被沉重的板條箱和牆壁緊緊夾住，動彈不得。
The park ranger vised his walking stick in a clamp before carving a new handle.
那位公園管理員把拐杖夾在固定鉗上，再雕刻新手柄。
- release
To let go of or free something that was held tight.
文法句型
vise [object] in/to [place]
be vised in [place]
用法筆記
Used most often in the past tense (vised) or as a past participle (is vised / was vised). The passive voice ('was vised') is especially common for the literal meaning, because the focus is on the object being held rather than on who is doing the holding.