英：[ˈdɪstɑ:f]
美：[ˈdɪstæf]
distaff如何读
distaff是什么意思
- n.纺纱杆；卷线棒；女红；(总称)女人
- adj.母系的；女方的
distaff自然拼读
dis·taff
dI staef
distaff英英释义
noun
a staff with one cleft end to hold the material from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand or on a spinning wheel.She gently pulled more wool from the distaff and let it spin round on the spindle.
(old-fashioned) women as a whole, or the traditional sphere and concerns of women.He'd been in male company nearly all his life and had little knowledge of the distaff.
adjective
(old-fashioned) denoting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or fit for females.The gene is passed down on the distaff side of the family.Distaff members of the club have separate facilities.
distaff词源中文解释
古英语中的 distæf 指的是“长而裂的棍子，用于固定亚麻以便纺线”，源自 dis- 的意思是“一束亚麻”（同源词：中低地德语 dise，低地德语 diesse 指的是“纺锤上的一束亚麻”； 与 bedizen 相比），再加上 stæf 的意思是“棍子，杖”（参见 staff (n.) ）。
从14世纪末开始，这个词引申为“女性的工作”； 至少从15世纪末开始，它成为英语中“女人，女性，家庭中的女性权威”的同义词，可能是因为纺纱通常由各个阶层的女性来完成。因此， distaff side（1848年）是19世纪的一个集体名称（假装更古老），用于指代一个家庭中的女性成员，尤其是与亲属关系和血统有关的（与 spear side 相对）。
St. Distaff's Day（1640年代）指的是1月7日，“女性在假期后恢复纺纱和其他日常工作”[OED]。
distaff词源英文解释
Noun Middle English distaf, from Old English distæf, from dis- (akin to Middle Low German dise bunch of flax) + stæf staff
The first known use of distaff was before the 12th century
distaff儿童词典英英释义
distantadjective
separated in space or time : away
being at a great distance : far-off
distant galaxies
far apart
not close in relationship
distant cousin
cold entry 1 sense 2, unfriendly
distantadjective
separated in space or time : away
being at a great distance : far-off
distant galaxies
far apart
not close in relationship
distant cousin
cold entry 1 sense 2, unfriendly
distance1 of 3noun
separation in time
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the full length
go the distance
the quality or state of being not friendly : reserve
a distant point or place
a light seen in the distance
distance2 of 3verb
to make or keep an emotional separation from
to leave far behind
distance3 of 3adjective
taking place using electronic media that links instructors and students who are not together in a classroom
distance learning
distance1 of 3noun
separation in time
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the full length
go the distance
the quality or state of being not friendly : reserve
a distant point or place
a light seen in the distance
distance2 of 3verb
to make or keep an emotional separation from
to leave far behind
distance3 of 3adjective
taking place using electronic media that links instructors and students who are not together in a classroom
distance learning
distance1 of 3noun
separation in time
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the full length
go the distance
the quality or state of being not friendly : reserve
a distant point or place
a light seen in the distance
distance2 of 3verb
to make or keep an emotional separation from
to leave far behind
distance3 of 3adjective
taking place using electronic media that links instructors and students who are not together in a classroom
distance learning
distaff1 of 2noun
a staff for holding the flax or wool in spinning
the female branch or side of a family
distaff2 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or being a woman distaff skiers
the distaff side of the family
distaff 例句
1 The personal rivalries on the distaff side became apparent during the transition: When the Bushes won, Nancy did not invite Barbara to tour the living quarters until January 11 — much later than was traditional.
2 A surprise appearance by subaquatic, recently deceased femmes fatales is another popular trope; the distaff dead, like U-boats, do not like to surface.
3 Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang,
4 Her book is a fierce and often very funny guide to the distaff side of geekdom and reproduces photos and examples of Patrick’s work, many previously unpublished.
5 More details from the WSJ/NBC News poll: Another poll, from Fox News, finds Mrs. Clinton on the distaff side of a “gender gap” among Democrats—and quite a gap it is.
6 The foot on the cradle, the hand on the distaff, a sign of good housewife.
脚踩摇篮手纺纱, 一定是个好当家.
7 Metis muckrakes with glee, reminding the distaff side of the company that “regardless of how things have been done in the past,” women should not continue to tolerate “childlike” behavior from their male counterparts.
8 At length each cluster reaches its perfection, and becomes a solid distaff of sometimes two—yes, even six—thousand of the waxen blossoms!
9 Fifth Harmony exists simply because Simon Cowell wanted a distaff, American version of One Direction and didn’t have one yet.
10 Ivins was something like a cross between Kristofferson and Joplin: part good old boy (distaff division); part full-throated, tangle-haired star.
11 She generally took with her a distaff and spindle filled with wool, indicative of the first work in her new married life—spinning fresh garments for her husband.
12 And if it couldn’t be answered, I was doomed to the distaff life of only womanly things.
13 Our ladies too at that period had not forgotten the use of the distaff, and occasionally employed that antiquated instrument of domestic labor for the benefit of others as well as of themselves.
14 We slept more safely under the distaff than others under the sword; and all because my lady had the right to wear among her sixteen quarterings the coat of Tilly.
15 Among them are delicate wooden items such as a small, wood-turned bit for a lamb or goat and a carved distaff for spinning wool - even a Bronze Age ski.
16 Ethiopia claimed its sixth title in the men’s race - including three of the last four - to go with six more in the distaff division.
17 Even if a separate, distaff canon is built, the atmosphere against which it’s being constructed is, gradually, becoming more integrated.
18 The 12 songs below — obscure singles, deep cuts and near misses — reveal a hidden history of distaff pop.
19 His character was bad, and he had long forfeited such claim as he had ever possessed--I believe it was a misty one? on the distaff side--to gentility.
20 No longer is it a matter of men’s wear trying to horn in on distaff glamour.
distaff 同义词
2 女人的
4 女人
feminine haybag woman job bit piece baby wife mouse skirt jade cunt muff heifer canary hairpin petticoat calico wren tootsie mort dona bim quiff tootsy shemale donah womanhood womankind
7 绕线杆
8 卷线杆
9 针线活
10 母方的
12 女子的
13 女继承人
14 女性
fair female feminine petticoat woman sex skirt womanhood in petticoats soft race soft sex the weaker sex the weaker vessel gynic gynecoid feminality feminacy lady feminism femininity muslin shemale muliebrity feminie womankind fair sex dominant sex -gynous gynecic Nellie womenfolk setter fem womenkind