hank
n. 一束, 一圈 vt. 用帆眼圈(将帆)系牢
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1.
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
1681, E.R., The Experienced Farrier, London, p. 307, […] the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose, is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread, and hang it cross a stick, and set one end of it on fire […] and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils […]
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A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
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Doubt, difficulty.
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Mess, tangle.
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A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
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Hold; influence.
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A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
政治 体育 军事
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To form into hanks.
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To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
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词源
From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.
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