shaft
shaft 英 [ʃɑ:ft] 美 [ʃæft]
n. 竖井；杆；一道，一束
进行时:shafting 过去式:shafted 过去分词:shafted 第三人称单数:shafts 名词复数:shafts
- The noun shaft refers to something that resembles a long, thin pole, such as the long part of an arrow between the tip and the feathers.
- 请先登录
- n. 竖井；杆；一道，一束
-
1. The lathe turns off a shaft in just one minute.
车床仅在一分钟内就可车出一根轴。
-
2. a lift/elevator shaft
电梯井
-
3. a mineshaft
竖井
-
4. A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.
一束月光照在湖面上。
-
5. a shaft of inspiration
一道灵光
-
6. Shafts of fear ran through her as she heard footsteps behind her.
她听见身后有脚步声，感到一阵毛骨悚然。
- shaft (n.1) Old English sceaft "long, slender rod, staff, pole; spear-shaft; spear," from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (source also of Old Norse skapt, Old Saxon skaft, Old High German scaft, German schaft, Dutch schacht, not found in Gothic), which some connect with a Germanic passive past participle of PIE root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape" (source of Old English scafan "to shave, scrape, polish") on notion of "tree branch stripped of its bark." But compare Latin scapus "shaft, stem, shank," Greek skeptron "a staff" (see scepter) which appear to be cognates.
- shaft (n.2) "long, narrow passage sunk into the earth," early 15c., probably from shaft (n.1) on notion of "long and cylindrical," perhaps as a translation of cognate Low German schacht in this sense (Grimm's suggestion, though OED is against it). Or it may represent a separate (unrecorded) development in Old English directly from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz if the original sense is "scrape, dig." The slang sense of shaft (n.1) is punned upon in country music song "She Got the Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft," a hit for Jerry Reed in 1982.
- shaft (v.) "treat cruelly and unfairly," by 1958, perhaps from shaft (n.1) with overtones of sodomy. Related: Shafted; shafting.
- 请先登录
0 个回复