steelyard

n. 杆秤

发音

US /ˈstiːljɑːɹd/
其它 /ˈstɪljəɹd/
US /ˈstiːljɚd/
UK /ˈstiːljɑːd/
UK /ˈstiːljəd/

词形变化

steelyards 复数 steelyards

别名

stillyard stilliard stilyard

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.

    杆秤

    秤仔

  2. 2.

    A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

balance

词源

From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”). The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)). The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.

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