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
词态变化
复数: spindles;
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.
来自辞典例句
- 3. This is an ideal spindle tree system.
- 这是一种理想的纺锤形植株方式.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The layer spindle was an early development.
- 层式纺锤形是早期发展起来的.
来自辞典例句
- 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