单词
scrimshaw
英 ['skrɪmʃɔː]
美
基本信息
- n. 解闷手工
- vt. 制作贝雕品;做解闷消遣的手工
- n. (Scrimshaw)人名;(英)斯克林肖
词态变化
第三人称单数: scrimshaws;过去式: scrimshawed;过去分词: scrimshawed;现在分词: scrimshawing;
英文词源
- scrimshaw (n.)
- 1864, "A nautical word of unstable orthography" [Century Dictionary], back-formation from scrimshander ("Moby Dick," 1851), scrimshonting (1825), American English, of unknown origin. Scrimshaw is an English surname, attested from mid-12c., from Old French escremisseor "fencing-master."
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