froe

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /fɹəʊ/    美 /fɹoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.
    — Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe?
  2. A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. obsolete
    — 1630, Michael Drayton, Nymphal IV, [from The Muses Elizium], 1793, The Works of the British Poets, Volume 3: Drayton, Carew & Suckling, page 618, Like to thoſe raging frantic froes / For Bacchus' feaſts prepared;

词形变化

froes plural frow alternative froes plural frow alternative

词源

词源 1
Abbreviation of obsolete frower, from froward (“turned away”), referring to the orientation of the blade, at right angles to the handle. From late 16th century.
词源 2
See frow.
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