记忆方法
将“gaff”想象为一个带有尖刺的“盖”（cover），这个“盖”是狭长的，形状类似一个鱼竿（gaff）的尖端，这样就可以将“gaff”与“鱼竿”联系起来，从而记住这个词。
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词族 · gaff
词形变化
中文词源
gaff 手钩，挽钩
来自PIE*kap, 抓住，词源同capture, have. 用来指鱼钩。
英语词源
- gaff (n.1)
- "iron hook," c. 1300, gaffe, from Old French gaffe "boat hook" (see gaffe). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s. As a type of spar from 1769. Related: gaff-hook.
- gaff (n.2)
- "talk," 1812, in phrase blow the gaff "spill a secret," of uncertain origin. OED points out Old English gafspræc "blasphemous or ribald speech," and Scottish gaff "loud, rude talk" (by 1825). Compare gaffe.
- gaff (n.3)
- "cheap music hall or theater; place of amusement for the lowest classes," 1812, British slang, earlier "a fair" (1753), of unknown origin.
权威例句
- 1. " I have the gaff now, " he said.
- “ 我现在还有那根鱼钩, " 他说.
- 2. I can reach him with the gaff and eat him here in comfort. "
- 我可以用鱼钩把它钓过来,在这儿舒舒服服地吃. ”
- 3. I can reach it with the gaff and eat it here in comfort.
- 我可以用鱼钩去把它钩过来,坐在这儿舒舒服服地吃掉它.
- 4. What did you figure to do when you drove overboard with the gaff?
- 你拿着鱼叉跳下水的那会儿,你考虑过该怎么干 吗 ?
- 5. Shandy Gaff is made with equal parts of beer and ginger ale.
- 这款鸡尾酒的配方是等分的啤酒和干姜汁.