铣床 (xǐchuáng) · milling machine

Measure Word

一台铣床 tái

HSK 4

这台铣床是新买的。

Zhè tái xǐchuáng shì xīn mǎi de.

This milling machine was just bought.

HSK 7-9

铣床用旋转的铣刀切削工件，能加工平面和沟槽。

Xǐchuáng yòng xuánzhuǎn de xǐdāo qiēxiāo gōngjiàn, néng jiāgōng píngmiàn hé gōucáo.

A milling machine cuts the workpiece with a rotating cutter and can machine flat surfaces and grooves.

mistakes

铣 in 铣床 is read xǐ. Its phonetic 先 tempts people to say xiǎn, a rare literary reading meaning lustrous metal, which has nothing to do with machining.

铣 xǐ

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