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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ax·le
 \\ˈak-səl\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English axel- (as in axeltre)
 DATE  14th century
1.
  a. a pin or shaft on or with which a wheel or pair of wheels revolves
  b.
    (1) a fixed bar or beam with bearings at its ends on which wheels (as of a cart) revolve
    (2) the spindle of such a beam
2. archaic : 
axis
English Etymology
axle
  M.E. axel-, from some combination of O.E. eax and O.N. öxull "axis," both from P.Gmc. *akhsulaz, from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis). Found only in compound axle-tree before 14c.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
axle
axle / 5Aksl / noun   a long straight piece of metal that connects a pair of wheels on a vehicle
   车轴；轮轴:
   the front / rear axle 
   前/后车轴 
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
ax·le
\ˈaksəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English axel- (as in axeltre axletree) — more at 
axletree

1. archaic : 
axis

 < the axle of the earth >
2. 
 a. : the pin, bar, or shaft on which or with which a wheel or pair of wheels revolves — see 
dead axle
, 
floating axle
, 
live axle

 b. 
  (1) : the spindle of an axletree
  (2) : 
axletree

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