distaff

英：[ˈdɪstɑ:f]
美：[ˈdɪstæf]

基本释义

n.
卷线杆，拉线棒
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实用例句

The worker is pushing the distaff.

工人们正在推卷线杆.

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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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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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英英释义

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"

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