niddy-noddy

短语

词形变化

niddy-noddies 复数 niddy-noddies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

词源

Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.

来源：wiktionary