distaff

基本解釋

• n.紡紗桿；卷線棒；女紅；(總稱)女人
• adj.母系的；女方的

同根派生

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英漢例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
  她手執(zhí)紡錘，手指旋轉(zhuǎn)紗錠。

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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)

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