gasket
/ˈgæskɪt/noun
1
- a shaped sheet or ring of rubber or other material sealing the junction between two surfaces in an engine or other device垫圈; 衬垫; 密封垫（片、板）。
2
- archaic a cord securing a furled sail to the yard of a sailing ship〈古〉束帆带, 束帆索。
短语
blow a gasket
1
- suffer a leak in a gasket of an engine（发动机的）垫圈泄漏。
2
- informal lose one's temper〈非正式〉发脾气。
词源
early 17th cent. (in sense 2)： perhaps from French garcette 'thin rope' （originally 'little girl'）, diminutive of garce, feminine of gars 'boy'.