distaff

英['dɪstɑːf] 美['dɪstæf]
  • n. 纺纱杆；卷线棒；女红；(总称)女人
  • adj. 母系的；女方的

详细释义

Noun:
  1. the sphere of work by women

  2. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning

Adjective:
  1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman;

    "female sensitiveness"
    "female suffrage"

双语例句

1. The worker is pushing the distaff.
工人们正在推卷线杆.

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2. The foot on the cradle, the hand on the distaff, a sign of good housewife.
脚踩摇篮手纺纱, 一定是个好当家.

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3. They may find they have more two on their distaff that they know how to spin.
他们会发现他们的事多得无从下手.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
      她手执纺锤，手指旋转纱锭。

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dist dis disaccredit disentrance distensible disinterest disparation disensbling Disalicylic disobliging disimprison Displacment
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