scull

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 skŭl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  2. Archaic spelling of skull. alt-of,archaic
    — The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult; a scull which on a slight view, appeared to be that of an infant, […]
  3. A shoal of fish. obsolete
    — Of fish that with their fins and shining scales Glide under the green wave , in sculls
  4. The skua gull.
  5. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
  6. A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
    — The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.
  7. A small rowing boat, for one person.
  8. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
动词 v.
  1. To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
    — The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole.
  2. To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing. Australia,New-Zealand,slang
    — 2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59, In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.
  3. To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

词形变化

sculls plural sculls present,singular,third-person sculling participle,present sculled participle,past sculled past sculls plural sculls present,singular,third-person sculling participle,present sculled participle,past sculled past skol alternative sculls plural sculls plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sculler

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).
词源 2
See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål.
词源 3
See school.
词源 4
See skua
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