clew

名词 n. 动词 v.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A roughly spherical mass or body. obsolete
    — If the whole troupe be diuided into many clewes, or round bunches, you need not then doubt but that there are many kings.
  2. A ball of thread or yarn. archaic
    — [O]nely ſinne And helliſh obſtinacie tye thy tongue That truth ſhould be ſuſpected, ſpeake, iſ't ſo? If it be ſo, you haue wound a goodly clewe: If it be not, forſweare't how ere I charge thee, As heauen ſhall work in me for thine auaile To tell me truelie.
  3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
  4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
    — 'Mid the rattle of blocks and the tramp of the crew, Hisses the rain of the rushing squall; The sails are aback from clew to clew, And now is the moment for "MAINSAIL, HAUL!"
  5. The sheets so attached to a sail. in-plural
    — The canvas running up in a proud sweep, Wind-wrinkled at the clews, and white like lint,
  6. The cords suspending a hammock. in-plural
    — He taught us how to attach the clews to the ends of the hammock and then lash it between jack stays.
  7. Archaic spelling of clue. alt-of,archaic
    — With this clew, let us endeavour to unravel this character of Herod as here given.
动词 v.
  1. to roll into a ball transitive
  2. to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail) intransitive,transitive

词形变化

clews plural clews present,singular,third-person clewing participle,present clewed participle,past clewed past

词汇关系

衍生词
clew down clew up unclew
相关词
clew-garnet clef clue

词源

词源 1
From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel.
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”).
词源 2
From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel.
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”).
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