creel
/kriːl/noun
1
- a large wicker basket for carrying fish鱼篓。
1.1
- an angler's fishing basket(钓鱼者的)鱼笼。
1.2
- a lobster pot made of wickerwork虾笼。
2
- a rack holding bobbins or spools when spinning(纺纱时用的)筒子架, 纱架。
词源
Middle English (in sense 1; originally Scots and northern English):of unknown origin. Sense 2 (perhaps the same word) dates from the mid 19th cent.