Definition of gimlet in English:
gimlet
noun ˈɡɪmlɪtˈɡɪmlət
1A small T-shaped tool with a screw tip for boring holes.
T形手钻- After insertion to the shoulder, the gimlet would be unscrewed a few turns to allow the liquid to flow out, then screwed back into the barrel to stop the flow.
- The three small lead weights, a long chalk line reel, and two ash handles thought to be gimlets (small boring tools) are the only objects associated with carpentry that were found in the chest.
- At a later date, a special steel gimlet was sometimes provided to penetrate the more modern tin cap in situ.
drilling tool, boring tool, rotary tool, auger, bit, brace and bit, awl, bradawl2A cocktail of gin (or sometimes vodka) and lime juice.
兼烈鸡尾酒（用杜松子酒或伏特加酒加酸橙汁调制而成）- The next afternoon, my father was sipping gimlets and preparing an extravagant meal for the four of us to share around the glass dining table.
- I would especially recommend the mojito and the vodka gimlet - delicious!
- We sat at the bar, and the guy behind it knew April by name, and gave her the usual, a vodka gimlet.
- The lawyer always drank three vodka gimlets on the way to Chicago and three scotch and sodas returning to New York.
- ‘Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in my past,’ said Sarah, buzzing from her gin gimlet.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French guimbelet, diminutive of guimble 'drill', ultimately of Germanic origin.
Definition of gimlet in US English:
gimlet
nounˈɡɪmlətˈɡimlət
1A small T-shaped tool with a screw-tip for boring holes.
T形手钻- The three small lead weights, a long chalk line reel, and two ash handles thought to be gimlets (small boring tools) are the only objects associated with carpentry that were found in the chest.
- After insertion to the shoulder, the gimlet would be unscrewed a few turns to allow the liquid to flow out, then screwed back into the barrel to stop the flow.
- At a later date, a special steel gimlet was sometimes provided to penetrate the more modern tin cap in situ.
drilling tool, boring tool, rotary tool, auger, bit, brace and bit, awl, bradawl2A cocktail of gin (or sometimes vodka) and lime juice.
兼烈鸡尾酒（用杜松子酒或伏特加酒加酸橙汁调制而成）- ‘Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in my past,’ said Sarah, buzzing from her gin gimlet.
- The lawyer always drank three vodka gimlets on the way to Chicago and three scotch and sodas returning to New York.
- I would especially recommend the mojito and the vodka gimlet - delicious!
- We sat at the bar, and the guy behind it knew April by name, and gave her the usual, a vodka gimlet.
- The next afternoon, my father was sipping gimlets and preparing an extravagant meal for the four of us to share around the glass dining table.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French guimbelet, diminutive of guimble ‘drill’, ultimately of Germanic origin.