| 释义 |
splint/splint/ n. & v.●n. 1a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set (用于固定断骨等的)夹板 b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc. (编篮子用的)薄木条，藤条 2 a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg (马腿上的)掌骨疣 3 a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc. (用以点火、烟斗等的)细木梗 4 = SPLINT-BONE1 ●v. tr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints 用夹板固定(断肢等)[Middle English splent(e) from Middle Dutch splinte or Middle Low German splinte, splente ‘metal plate or pin’, related to SPLINTER] |