distaff
基本解释
- n.纺纱杆;卷线棒;女红;(总称)女人
- adj.母系的;女方的
英汉例句
- She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
她手执纺锤,手指旋转纱锭。
用作名词 (n.)
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)