纺锤 — meaning in English
fǎng chuí
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English meaning
- stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
Senses
纺锤 is used for these senses in English:
- stave One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
stave — full definition
- noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
- noun A stanza of a poem or song; also the set of five lines music is written on.
- verb To break a hole in something, especially a barrel or boat hull ("stave in").
- verb To keep something away or delay it, especially in the phrase "stave off."