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dis·taff 英ˈdɪsˌtæf美ˈdɪsˌtæfAHDdĭsʹtăf' 高COCA⁸⁴⁸⁴⁵BNC⁶⁰³⁶⁷iWeb⁴⁹⁴¹⁸
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n.纺纱杆¹⁴;卷线棒¹⁴;女红²⁸;总称女人adj.母系的³⁰;女方的¹⁴复数distaffs
Noun:
the sphere of work by womenthe staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Adjective:
characteristic of or peculiar to a woman;female sensitiveness female suffrage 旧时在英国纺纱spinning乃是妇女尤其是未婚女子干的活计，因此从14至16世纪“从事纺织的女子”就被称作spinster。distaff原先也是个纺织术语，指“手工纺纱杆”。由于纺纱杆常被作为女性或女性工作的象征，因此distaff 一词也常喻指“女性”或“母系”，例如the spear side父系，男系的对应语the distaff side母系，女系。这一比喻用法本来已渐遭废弃，妇女解放运动使它恢复了活力，如今男女平等主义者 feminists常用distaff来指“女性”或“女子做的工作”等。参见spinsterdistaff side母系家属on the distaff side母系的have tow on one's distaff有放不开手的工作…
di-双-staff⇒n.纺纱杆¹⁴;卷线棒¹⁴;女红²⁸;总称女人adj.母系的³⁰;女方的¹⁴近义词 female女性的
名词63%,形容词37%
用作名词She puts her hands to thedistaffand her fingers hold the spindle.她手执纺锤，手指旋转纱锭。adj.(offensivefeminine)
同义词 femalefemalelike,ladylike,maternal,muliebral,womanish,womanlynoun.femininity
同义词 femaleness,muliebrity,womanhood,womankind,womanliness
muliebritynoun femininity
delicacy,docility,effeminateness,feminality,femineity,feminineness,gentleness,kindness,softness,womanhood,womankind,womanliness,womenfolk At the moment several new factors are combining to favour the distaff side more.
此时，一些新的因素融合在一起，使得民众对女性政客更加偏爱。 ecocn
But the neuroscientists believe they have an answer to this scientific riddle, uncovering a distaff preference for red, hidden atop the universal liking for blue.
但是神经学家相信他们已经为这个科学之谜找到了答案，也使隐藏在对蓝色普遍喜爱之上的对红色的特别偏爱浮出水面。 iciba
Stone looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood- like gunfighter.
在电影里，斯通穿着西部服装扮演一位像柯林特·伊斯特伍德那样女人版本的策马持枪的牛仔。 kekenet |