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IELTS BNC: 19265 COCA: 14390

rivet

1 rivet /ˈrɪvət/ noun
plural rivets
1 rivet
/ˈrɪvət/
noun
plural rivets
Learner's definition of RIVET
[count]
: a special kind of metal bolt or pin that is used to hold pieces of metal together铆钉
2 rivet /ˈrɪvət/ verb
rivets; riveted; riveting
2 rivet
/ˈrɪvət/
verb
rivets; riveted; riveting
Learner's definition of RIVET
[+ object]
: to attract and hold all of someone's attention吸引(注意力);使目不转睛usually used as (be) riveted通常用作(be) riveted
: to make (someone) unable to move because of fear, shock, etc.使(惊吓得)一动不动usually used as (be) riveted通常用作(be) riveted
: to fasten (something) with rivets铆接;用铆钉固定

— riveter

noun, plural riveters [count]
IELTS BNC: 19265 COCA: 14390

rivet

1 of 2

noun

riv·​et ˈri-vət How to pronounce rivet (audio)
: a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head

rivet

2 of 2

verb

riveted; riveting; rivets

transitive verb

1
: to fasten with or as if with rivets
2
: to upset the end or point of (something, such as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head
3
: to fasten or fix firmly
stood riveted by fright
4
: to attract and hold (something, such as a person's attention) completely
riveter noun

Example Sentences

Verb The iron plates are riveted rather than welded. everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The rivet that retains the buckle to the mounting bracket in the left or right side third-row seat belt buckle assembly may have been improperly formed. Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2022 Add a cardstock number with a rivet brad to each bucket on the other handle hole. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 The rivet that retains the buckle to the mounting bracket in the left or right side third-row seat belt buckle assembly may have been improperly formed. Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2022 There were also workshops where they were taught how to fold sheet metal and rivet. Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022 The rivet that retains the buckle to the mounting bracket in the left or right side third-row seat belt buckle assembly may have been improperly formed. Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2022 The rivet that retains the buckle to the mounting bracket in the left or right side third-row seat belt buckle assembly may have been improperly formed. USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 Dealers will inspect the rivet heads and replace buckle assemblies if needed. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022 Dealers will inspect the rivet heads and replace buckle assemblies if needed. CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022
Verb
Once more, widescreen black-and-white lends the action welcome veracity (more in spirit than in fact), but the director’s unending capacity to surprise will rivet viewers. David Mermelstein, WSJ, 17 May 2022 Another former colleague, Rosemary Gordon Panuco, now a special magistrate in Tucson, Arizona, said Reynolds not only knew the law but how to rivet a jury. Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2022 Mamet's star has been considerably tarnished by his own doing, but his work still has the power to rivet audiences. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2022 These are incomparable real-time documents from a man with a singular perspective on the unfolding events that still rivet us today. Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 14 Feb. 2022 Anderson and his assistant, Amy Lahey (no relation to Jim), bend, weld, grind, polish and rivet each of the boxes in their workshop in Newburgh, N.Y., and are often told that the finished products work a little too well. New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021 Jimmy's goofy Elder Law practice turned into a subplot that totally riveted me. James Hibberd, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2020 The episode has riveted the criminology community—and severed a once close relationship after one of the researchers accused his former mentor of falsifying data. Dalmeet Singh Chawla, Science | AAAS, 26 Nov. 2019 Think: automatons riveting bolts on a auto production line. Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 17 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, clinch on a nail, rivet, from Old French, from river to attach, rivet, probably from rive border, edge, bank, from Latin ripa

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rivet was in the 15th century
IELTS BNC: 19265 COCA: 14390

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