holystone

n. 甲板磨石 vi. 用甲板磨石磨

发音

UK /ˈhəʊl.ɪ.stəʊn/
其它
US /ˈhoʊl.i.stoʊn/

词形变化

holystones 复数 holystones holystoned holystones 三单 holystoning holystoning 现在分词 holystoned 过去式 holystoned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.

v.
  1. 1.

    To use a holystone.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sandstone
动词

上位词 2

scrub scour

词源

Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.

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