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- Brit. a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners〈英〉灶台, 炉台, 灶台搁架。
1.1
- a flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace, having its surface level with the top of the grate and used especially for heating pans壁炉旁的金属搁架（尤用于供平底锅加热）。
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- a machine tool used for cutting gears or screw threads滚刀, 齿轮滚铣刀。
3
- a peg or pin used as a mark in throwing games（投掷游戏中作为记号的）钉子, 大头针。
词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 3)： alteration of HUB. Sense 1, 'metal shelf by a fireplace', dates from the late 17th cent.
短语
play（或 raise）hob
- N. Amer. cause mischief〈北美〉淘气, 捣蛋; 破坏。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'country fellow'）： pet form of Rob, short for Robin or Robert, often referring specifically to ROBIN GOODFELLOW.