awl
英式音标[ɔl]
美式英标[ɔːl]
基本解释
英文词源
- awl
- awl: [OE] The Old English form, æl, came from a hypothetical Germanic base *āl-, which had a probable relative in Sanskrit ārā. The compound bradawl was formed in the 19th century using the term brad ‘thin flat nail’, which came originally from Old Norse broddr ‘spike’. Awls, tools for making holes to take nails, are part of the shoemaker’s traditional set of implements: hence the apparently quite recent, early 20thcentury rhyming slang cobbler’s awls (cobblers for short) for ‘balls’.
- awl (n.)
- Old English æl "awl, piercer," from Proto-Germanic *ælo (cognates: Old Norse alr, Dutch aal, Middle Low German al, Old High German äla, German Ahle), which is of uncertain origin. Earliest references are to piercing of the ears, though later it was associated with shoemakers. Through misdivision, frequently written 15c.-17c. as nawl (for an awl; see N).
实用例句
- 1. Six awl make a shoemaker.
- 六个鞋砧,练出一个鞋匠.
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- 2. AWL algorithm is also superior to other LRU improved algorithms.
- AWL算法 与其它LRU改进算法相比也具有很大的优势.
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- 3. It was fun to play with an awl.
- 玩钻子是件很有趣的事.
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- 4. " But of course, " the captain said. " To begin with, I use an awl. "
- “ 好吧, ” 上尉说道, “ 首先, 我用的工具是钻子. ”
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- 5. An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.
- 从字板上抽取字母的铗子.
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