thirl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /θɜːl/    美 /θɝl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hole, an aperture, especially a nostril.
  2. A thrall. historical
  3. A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot. dialectal
  4. A short communication between adits in a mine. obsolete
  5. A long adit in a coalpit. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through. transitive
    — But yet his hardnesse savde him not against the piercing dart. For hitting right betweene the scales that yeelded in that part Whereas the joynts doe knit the backe, it thirled through the skin, And pierced to his filthy mawe and greedy guts within.
  2. To throw (a projectile). obsolete
    — And many Authours doe in this manner wound the protection of their cause, by over-rashly running against that which they take hold-of, thirling [translating lanceant] such darts at their enemies, that might with much more advantage be cast at them.
  3. To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner. historical,transitive
  4. To drill or bore; to cut through, as a partition between one working and another. obsolete,transitive
  5. To bind; to obligate to use or be associated with. broadly
    — Was everyone nowadays thirled to a formula?

词形变化

thirls plural thurl alternative thirls present,singular,third-person thirling participle,present thirled participle,past thirled past thurl alternative thirls present,singular,third-person thirling participle,present thirled participle,past thirled past thirls present,singular,third-person thirling participle,present thirled participle,past thirled past thrill alternative thirls plural thrill alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
thirlable
相关词
eyethurl nostril thirlage

词源

词源 1
From Middle English thirl, thiril, from Old English þyrel (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurhil, from Proto-Germanic *þurhilą (“hole, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷelo- which is *tr̥h₂kʷe + *-lo, from *terh₂-. Related to thrill, drill. By surface analysis, through + -le.
词源 2
From Middle English thirlen, thurlen, thorlen, from Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), from the noun (see above). Doublet of thrill.
词源 3
Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of throw + hurl.
词源 4
Dialectal alteration of thrall.
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