rasp

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ɹɑːsp/    /ɹæsp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
  2. The raspberry. archaic
    — Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller.
  3. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
    — the rasp of her perpetual cough
动词 v.
  1. To use a rasp. intransitive
  2. To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. intransitive
  3. To say in a raspy voice.
    — “No. I am going to feed you to the children,” rasped Burt, his laugh rattling around his throat, prising Dad’s fingers one by one off his apron.
  4. To work something with a rasp. transitive
    — to rasp wood to make it smooth
  5. To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. ambitransitive,figuratively
    — Some sounds rasp the ear.

词形变化

rasps plural rasps present,singular,third-person rasping participle,present rasped participle,past rasped past rasps plural resp alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”).
The noun is from Middle French raspe.
词源 2
Probably from earlier raspis (“raspberry”), mistaken as a plural. Further origin unknown.
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