throstle

n. 歌鸫, 精梳毛纺机

发音

其它 /ˈθɹɒsəl/

词形变化

throstles 复数 throstles

别名

throstell

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A song thrush.

    古体 方言
  2. 2.

    A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

mavis song thrush

上位词 1

thrush

词源

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

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