奇葩剧汉英词典

distaff

D 开头单词

基本解释

  • n.紡紗杆；卷線棒；女紅；(縂稱)女人
  • adj.母系的；女方的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
    她手執紡鎚，手指鏇轉紗錠。

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • involving women; female
  • in the past, a stick onto which wool or flax (= fibre from a plant) was twisted for spinning (= making thread)