spale

发音

其它 /ˈspeɪl/

词形变化

spales 复数 spales

别名

spail speal spell spyle spile

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chip or splinter of wood.

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  2. 2.

    A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

  3. 3.

    One of a number of crossbands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured.

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  4. 4.

    A strengthening cross timber.

词源

From Middle English spale (“splinter”), perhaps partly from Old English *spalu (“flat bar, flake, chip”) or Old Norse spǫlr (“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), both from Proto-Germanic *spaluz (“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”); and partly as an alteration of Old English speld (“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“that which is split, splinter, board”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, *(s)pel- (“to split in two, split in half”). Cognate with Middle High German spale ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”)), dialectal Swedish spalu (“splinter”), dialectal Norwegian spel, spela, spila (“a splinter”), Icelandic spölur (“bit, short piece”). See also split.

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