distaff

n. 卷线杆；女人；女红；女子关心的事

adj. 女人特点的；母系的

n.

卷线杆，拉线棒；

英英释义

distaff[ 'distɑ:f, -tæf ]

n.

the sphere of work by women

the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning

adj.characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

同义词：female

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
她手执纺锤，手指旋转纱锭。

权威例句

distaff

distaff: [OE] The compound noun distaff ‘rod for holding flax, wool, etc in spinning’ was a late Old English formation from *dis ‘bunch of flax’ (a word which survives in bedizen [17], a derivative of the obsolete dizen, which originally meant ‘put flax on to a rod’ and hence ‘dress up in finery’) and staff. The now fairly archaic use of phrases such as distaff side to refer to ‘women’ comes from the traditional pigeonholing of spinning as a woman’s job.=> bedizen

distaff (n.)

Old English distæf "stick that holds flax for spinning," from dis- "bunch of flax" (cognates: Middle Low German dise, Low German diesse "a bunch of flax on a distaff;" see bedizen) + stæf "stick, staff" (see staff). A synonym in English for "the female sex, female authority in the family," since at least the late 1400s, probably because in the Middle Ages spinning was typically done by women. St. Distaff's Day was Jan. 7, when "women resumed their spinning and other ordinary employments after the holidays" [OED].

1. He is my uncle on the distaff side.

他在等他的叔叔（ 舅舅）。

2. At the moment several new factors are combining to favour the distaff side more.

现在，有几个新的因素结合在一起使得女政客们更加受欢迎。

3. But the neuroscientists believe they have an answer to this scientific riddle, uncovering a distaff preference for red, hidden atop the universal liking for blue.

但是神经学家相信他们已经为这个科学之谜找到了答案，也使隐藏在对蓝色普遍喜爱之上的对红色的特别偏爱浮出水面。

4. But one person could only, with a distaff , make one thread at a time.

但一个人用一个卷线杆一次只能纺一根线。

5. Stone looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood-like gunfighter.

西部服装扮演一位像柯林特·伊斯特伍德那样女人版本的策马持枪的牛仔。

6. Stone looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood-like gunfighter.

在电影里，斯通穿着西部服装扮演一位像柯林特·伊斯特伍德那样女人版本的策马持枪的牛仔。

7. Betushka had no distaff, so she wound the flax around her head. Then she took the little basket and went romping and singing behind the goats to the birch wood.

贝托斯卡没有纺纱用的卷线杆，所以她将亚麻绕在自己头上，拎起小篮子，又唱又跳地跟在山羊身后，向白桦林走去。

8. In modern part, we put emphasis on two pieces of works of Su Tong and Li Bihua (Hong Kong) , and tries to discover the development of Chinese distaff literature in their movies.

当代部分，文章选定苏童与香港作家李碧华的两部作品与它们各自的电影文本进行比较分析，探究当代女性文学的发展脉络。

9. There were different about their attitudes toward distaff , but what they searched were harmonious relationship between men and women and human beauty future.

他们的女性观虽有差异，但都在探寻和谐的两性关系及人类的美好未来。

10. There were different about their attitudes toward distaff , but what they searched were harmonious relationship between men and women and human beauty future.

他们的女性观虽有差异，但都在探寻和谐的两性关系及人类的美好未来。

11. The foot on the cradle, the hand on the distaff, a sign of good housewife .

脚踩摇篮手纺纱，一定是个好当家。

-- 来源 -- life - 汉英

12. Faith Daniels, the distaff anchor of the" CBS Early Morning News" was ready to jump ship last week, following in the footsteps of her former sidekick, Forrest Sawyer, who skipped town last September.

“哥伦比亚广播公司早晨新闻”女主播丹尼尔斯，上周已决定跟随她的以前助手索耶（九月已离纽约）的脚步辞职。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

13. female cooperative | distaff cooperative

女子公寓

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

14. He is my uncle on the distaff side.

他是我舅舅。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

15. on the distaff side

母系的(或女方的)

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

16. They may find they have more two on their distaff that they know how to spin.

他们会发现他们的事多得无从下手。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

17. Faith Daniels, the distaff anchor of the" CBS Early Morning News," was ready to jump ship last week, following in the or=# cc0066> footsteps of her former sidekick, Forrest Sawyer, who skipped town last September.

哥伦比亚广播公司早晨新闻”女主播丹尼尔斯，上周已决定跟随她的以前助手索耶（月已离纽约）脚步辞职。

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