delf

n. 代夫特(荷兰城市)陶器

词形变化

delfs 复数 delfs delves delves 复数

别名

delph delft delve

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.

    英国 古体 方言
  2. 2.

    A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.

    政治 纹章

    two delves gules

  3. 3.

    Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

excavation

词源

From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.

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