N a mechanism consisting of an escape wheel and anchor, used in timepieces to provide periodic impulses to the pendulum or balance 擒纵机 [horology]
He dug up a half-finished movement that had been lying around forever, blew the dust off it, and completed it with brass coils and bronze escapements that were only half as old.
他挖出一件一直都被丢在那里不用的半成品机件，把上面的灰尘吹走，然后用铜线圈以及半旧的青铜摆轮把它做成一件成品。
There was not a mechanic among them; these were scientists, and their conversations buzzed with talk of spectrums and quantum levels, not gears and escapements.
他们之中没有人是技工；他们全是科学家，开口闭口都是量子能阶与频谱，而不是齿轮或者擒纵器。
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