pommel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒ.məl/    美 /ˈpɑ.məl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The upper front brow of a saddle.
    — But, if it does so sit, it is plain that the pommel must rise sufficiently to secure the withers from pressure; therefore it follows, that a horse whose withers are higher than common, (a well-built hunter for example,) requires a pommel higher by so much as he excels the generality of horses.
  2. A rounded knob or handle.; Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
    — The pommels, of which two sets must be provided, fit into these incisions.
  3. A rounded knob or handle.; The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.
    — The pommel is either a cone of metal or a crutch with a whorl ending either arm.
  4. A rounded knob or handle.; A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
    — One fragment of pillar had a pommel finial with a mortise, indicating that it once held a metal object, perhaps a cross.
  5. The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. obsolete
    — The player, armed with a pommel, stands from two to three feet from the spell, places a knur in the cup which is held down by the rack.
动词 v.
  1. To pound or beat. transitive
    — The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!

词形变化

pommels plural pummel alternative pommels present,singular,third-person pommeling US,participle,present pommelling UK,participle,present pommeled US,participle,past pommeled US,past pommelled UK,participle,past pommelled UK,past pummel alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
pommeler pommel foot pommel horse pommel slicker

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.
词源 2
From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.
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