spile

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A splinter. Cumbria,dialectal,obsolete
  2. A pile; a post or girder.
    — The bottom of the river is of hard, sparkling white sand, into which spiles are easily driven; and the building and keeping up of such a wharf is a trifling trouble...
  3. A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
    — So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
  4. A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap. US
    — Now, chamfering one end of the elderberry tube slightly to fit, I push it into the hole and wait. After a few seconds sap will begin to drip from the end of the tube, a tangible flow of life and vitality. […] Beneath the tube, properly called a spile, I place my cup to catch the drips.
动词 v.
  1. To plug (a hole) with a spile.
  2. To support by means of spiles. transitive
  3. spoil. US,ambitransitive,dialectal
  4. To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
  5. To drive piles into. transitive
  6. To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.

词形变化

spiles plural spiles present,singular,third-person spiling participle,present spiled participle,past spiled past spiles plural spiles present,singular,third-person spiling participle,present spiled participle,past spiled past spiles present,singular,third-person spiling participle,present spiled participle,past spiled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
词源 2
Alteration of pile, after Etymology 1, above.
词源 3
Alteration of spoil.
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