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单词 gaff
释义
N31403164gaffSpoken.30Fiction.50Magazine.33Newspaper.21Academic.30
1
a stick with a hook, or a barbed spear, for landing large fish
(捕大鱼用的)手钩; (弯齿)鱼叉。
2
Sailing a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent
【航海】斜桁桅上斜杆(用于系紧纵帆上缘的帆桅)。
with obj.
seize or impale with a gaff
用鱼钩钩(鱼); 用鱼叉叉(鱼)。
词源
Middle English: from Provençal gaf 'hook'; related to GAFFE.

gaff2

/gæf/
(用于短语blow the gaff)
Brit. informal reveal a plot or secret
〈英, 非正式〉泄露阴谋(或秘密)。
词源
early 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

gaff3

/gæf/
Brit. informal a house, flat, or other building, especially as being a person's home
〈英, 非正式〉房屋, 公寓(或其他建筑物)(尤指某人的家):

Gav's new gaff is in McDonald Road.

加弗的新家在麦克唐纳路。

词源
1930s: of unknown origin.
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