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shaftn. 1. arrow 箭。 △Mer.1.1.141 (140): “when I had lostone shaft,”当我射丢了一枝箭。 △ Lr.1.1.145 (143):“The bow is bent and drawn; make from the shaft.”弓已经弯足,引满;快躲开这枝箭。 2. sharp long arrow 长箭。 shaft or a bolt on’t,make a: (Proverbial) If the woodis too short for a shaft (= a sharp,long arrow),itwould do for a bolt (= a thick,short arrow); do one thing or another; settle the matter one way or anoth-er,cleverly or clumsily. (成语)(木料)做不成长箭则做短箭;不成功就失败,不把事情办得巧就把事情办得笨。 △Wiv.3.4. 24; “I’ll make a shaft or bolt on’t.’Slid,’tis butventuring.”成功失败,在此一试。老天在上,我要碰碰运气。 forehand shaft: arrow used for shooting straight a-head and directly on the target 直射靶子的箭。 △2H. IV.3.2.52 (46): “and carried you a forehand shaft afourteen (= over a fourteen) and fourteen and ahalf,” i. e. over a distance of fourteen-score to four-teen-score and a half-score yards; 280-290 yards. 他能从二百八十码到二百九十码的距离之外把箭直射中靶心。 shaft[ʃɑ:ft]n.柄,轴,光线,柱身,塔尖,竖井,杆身,球棒杆部,杆状物 ‖ shaft size箭杆标号 |