sunk object

基本解释

The cable is wound around the supporting frame between two flanges and before the releasing state, the top end of cable is linked with a sunk object via hook.
所述支撑架为支撑锥套，通过橡胶帘、压板与下法兰安装一起，待释放状态的缆绳内抽头与沉物用弹簧挂钩相连；
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But as to the middle comedy which came next, observe what it was, and again, for what object the new comedy was introduced, which gradually sunk down into a mere mimic artifice.
至于随后出现的中间时代的喜剧，观察它是什么，再看这一新的喜剧是因什么目的被引进的，它渐渐地流为一种仅仅插科打诨的技巧。