英语单词

spindle是什么意思

spindle

英 ['spɪnd(ə)l] 美 ['spɪndl]
  • n. 轴;纺锤,锭子;细长的人或物
  • adj. 锭子的,锭子似的;细长的
  • vt. 装锭子于
  • vi. 长得细长,变细长

中文词源


spindle 纺轴

来自 spin,纺织,编织,-le,工具格后缀。插入字母-d,比较 sound.用于指纺轴。

英文词源


spindle
spindle: see spin
spindle (n.)
early 13c., with intrusive -d-, from Old English spinel "small wooden bar used in hand-spinning," properly "an instrument for spinning," from stem of spinnan (see spin (v.)) + instrumental suffix -el (1). Compare handle, thimble, etc.

Related to Old Saxon spinnila, Old Frisian spindel, Old High German spinnila, German Spindel. As a type of something slender, it is attested from 1570s. As with distaff, sometimes formerly used as a metonym for "the female sex," as in Old English spinelhealf "female line of descent," distinguished from sperehealf "male line of descent."

双语例句


1. The wiper of the potentiometer is connected directly to the spindle.
电位计的孤刷直接与销子连接.

来自辞典例句

2. An extension of the spindle shaft drives a counter for totalizing discharge.
心轴的延长部分带动一个累计流量的计量器.

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3. This is an ideal spindle tree system.
这是一种理想的纺锤形植株方式.

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4. The layer spindle was an early development.
层式纺锤形是早期发展起来的.

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5. Spindle - shanks is anxiously watching a pan of congee , till the smoke makes her start coughing violently.
“芦柴棒”着急地要将大锅子里的稀饭烧滚, 但是倒冒出来的青烟引起了她一阵猛烈的咳嗽.

来自汉英文学 - 现代散文

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