froe

n. 劈板斧, 锛

发音

UK /fɹəʊ/
US /fɹoʊ/

词形变化

froes 复数

别名

frow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.

  2. 1.

    A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.

    废旧

    1630, Michael Drayton, Nymphal IV, [from The Muses Elizium], 1793, The Works of the British Poets, Volume 3: Drayton, Carew & Suckling, page 618, Like to thoſe raging frantic froes / For Bacchus' feaſts prepared;

词源

Abbreviation of obsolete frower, from froward (“turned away”), referring to the orientation of the blade, at right angles to the handle. From late 16th century.

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