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词族 · battledore
词形变化
英语词源
- battledore (n.)
- mid-15c., "bat-like implement used in washing clothes," of unknown origin, perhaps from Old Provençal batedor, Spanish batidor "beater, bat," from batir "to beat;" perhaps blended with Middle English betel "hammer, mallet." As a trype of racket used in a game, from 1590s.
权威例句
- 1. Because of poverty father had no schooling and almost didn't know a B from a battledore.
- 由于贫穷,父亲没有受过教育,几乎是目不识丁.