轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 卡住 kǎ zhù to jam / to choke / to clutch / also pr. [qia3 zhu4] syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 推杆 推桿 tuī gān push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf) syn 量子力学 量子力學 liàng zǐ lì xué quantum mechanics 机件 機件 jī jiàn component (mechanics) syn 力学 力學 lì xué mechanics / to study hard 马赫 馬赫 mǎ hè Mach (name) / Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist / Mach number (fluid mechanics) 主轴 主軸 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine) syn 导轨 導軌 dǎo guǐ (mechanics) guide rail / slideway 流体力学 流體力學 liú tǐ lì xué fluid mechanics / hydrodynamics 离合 離合 lí hé clutch (in car gearbox) / separation and reunion 救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo (one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 捉 zhuō to clutch / to grab / to capture syn 掐 qiā to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight syn 揪 jiū to seize / to clutch / to grab firmly and pull syn 惯量 慣量 guàn liàng inertia (mechanics) 薅 hāo to weed / to grip or clutch syn 连续介质力学 連續介質力學 lián xù jiè zhì lì xué mechanics of a continuous medium / fluid mechanics 捞稻草 撈稻草 lāo dào cǎo (fig.) to clutch at straws (in desperation) / to take advantage of the situation (unscrupulously) 拢攥 攏攥 lǒng zuàn to grasp / to clutch 自动离合 自動離合 zì dòng lí hé automatic clutch 转差 轉差 zhuǎn chā to slip (e.g. of clutch) / slippage / also used of economic indicators, statistical discrepancies etc 离合板 離合板 lí hé bǎn clutch pedal 手拿包 shǒu ná bāo clutch bag 搲 wā to clutch / to grab / to capture 牛顿力学 牛頓力學 niú dùn lì xué Newtonian mechanics 三体问题 三體問題 sān tǐ wèn tí three-body problem (mechanics) 天体力学 天體力學 tiān tǐ lì xué celestial mechanics 转动惯量 轉動慣量 zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng moment of inertia (mechanics) 力偶 lì ǒu moment of forces (mechanics) 态叠加 態疊加 tài dié jiā superposition of states (quantum mechanics) 惯性系 慣性系 guàn xìng xì inertial system / inertial frame (mechanics) 波函数 波函數 bō hán shù wave function (in quantum mechanics) 波动力学 波動力學 bō dòng lì xué wave mechanics (physics) 波粒二象性 bō lì èr xiàng xìng wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics 简谐 簡諧 jiǎn xié simple harmonic (motion, oscillation etc in mechanics) 简谐运动 簡諧運動 jiǎn xié yùn dòng simple harmonic motion (in mechanics) / motion of a simple pendulum syn 粘性力 nián xìng lì viscous forces (in fluid mechanics) 粘滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / stick-slip (in mechanics) 绕流 繞流 rào liú turbulence (in fluid mechanics) 转动轴 轉動軸 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics) / spindle 运动定律 運動定律 yùn dòng dìng lǜ laws of motion (mechanics) 雷诺数 雷諾數 léi nuò shù Reynolds number (ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid mechanics) 马赫数 馬赫數 mǎ hè shù Mach number (fluid mechanics) 土壤力学 tǔ rǎng lì xué soil mechanics 蠕滑 rú huá creep (friction mechanics) 黏滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / (mechanics) stick-slip 换刀 換刀 huàn dāo tool change (mechanics) 联轴器 聯軸器 lián zhòu qì (mechanics) coupler / coupling 联轴节 聯軸節 lián zhòu jié (mechanics) coupling 轨域 軌域 guǐ yù (Tw) (quantum mechanics) orbital 冷处理 冷處理 lěng chǔ lǐ (mechanics) cold treatment / to downplay / to handle in a low-key way 