mallet
mallet 英 [ˈmælɪt] 美 [ˈmælɪt]
n. 棒，槌棒；木槌；球棍
名词复数:mallets
- A mallet is a tool with a large, barrel-shaped, head — used to pound on something. You might use a mallet to strike an instrument or in playing croquet. Yeah, right.
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- n. 棒，槌棒；木槌；球棍
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1. I even have a wooden mallet that was used by a judge over 300 years ago during condemnation proceedings in Salem.
我甚至还有一把300多年前的木槌。
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2. The water-filled bowls, when rubbed with a leather-wrapped mallet, exhibit a lively dance of water droplets as they emit a haunting sound.
在用皮革包裹的木槌摩擦倒满水的碗时，碗里的水滴会跳起生动的舞蹈，同时它们发出萦绕不绝的声音。
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3. The word I’m thinking of is the Latin ancestor of “mallet” and it shows up in other words too.
我想到的那个拉丁词是mallet(木槌)的前身，也在其他单词中出现。
- mallet (n.) late 14c., from Old French maillet "mallet, small wooden hammer, door-knocker," diminutive of mail, from Latin malleus "a hammer, mallet," from Proto-Italic *molalo-, *molklo- "hammer," from PIE *molkh-tlo- "crushing instrument," source also of Russian molot, Czech mlat "hammer," from PIE root *mele- "to crush, grind."
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