释义 |
bail2/beil/ n. & v.●n. 1 Cricket either of the two crosspieces bridging the stumps 【板球】三柱门上的横木 2 the bar on a typewriter holding the paper against the platen (打字机压纸卷筒上的)压纸杆 3 a bar separating horses in an open stable 隔离牲口的栏木 4 Austral. & NZ a framework for securing the head of a cow during milking [澳新] (挤奶时扣住母牛头部的)闸架 ●v. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 up) Austral. & NZ [澳新] 1 tr. secure (a cow) during milking (挤奶时用闸架)扣住(奶牛)头部 2a tr. make (a person) hold up his or her arms to be robbed 强迫(某人)举起双手;拦路抢劫 b intr. surrender by throwing up one's arms 举手投降 c tr. buttonhole (a person) 强留(某人)[Middle English from Old French bail(e) ‘enclosure’, perhaps from Latin baculum ‘stick’] |