gimlet

n. 手钻, 螺丝锥 vt. 用螺丝锥钻洞 a. 锐利的, 有钻洞能力的

发音

US /ˈɡɪm.lət/
其它
UK /ˈɡɪm.lət/

词形变化

gimlets 复数 gimlets gimleted gimleting gimlets 三单 gimletted gimletting gimleting 现在分词 gimletting 现在分词 gimleted 过去式 gimleted 过去分词 gimletted 过去式 gimletted 过去分词

别名

gimblet

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

  2. 2.

    A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.

    Yeah, a piece of advice — once you’re back in circulation, don’t keep topping off a lady’s vodka gimlet when she’s not looking.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).

  2. 2.

    To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

    及物 航海 交通

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

auger wimble

上位词 2

drill cocktail

词源

From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet. Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943).

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