fother

海上堵漏, 铅的重量单位(一个现代单位, 等于 19.5 英担)

发音

UK /ˈfɒðə/
US /ˈfɑðɚ/

词形变化

fothers 复数 fothers fothered fothering fothers 三单 fothering 现在分词 fothered 过去式 fothered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

    可数 历史 不可数

    Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre.

  2. 2.

    Alternative form of fodder, food for animals.

    可数 方言 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To feed animals (with fother).

    方言
  2. 2.

    To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

    过时 航海 交通

词源

From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.

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