haft

词源同have,持有，握住。用于指刀柄。

haft (n.)

Old English hæft "handle," especially of a cutting or thrusting instrument, related to hæft "fetter, bond; captive, slave," via a common notion of "a seizing, a thing seized," from Proto-Germanic *haftjam (cognates: Old Saxon haft "captured;" Dutch hecht, Old High German hefti, German Heft "handle;" German Haft "arrest"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). To haven other haeftes in hand "have other hafts in hand" was a 14c.-15c. way of saying "have other business to attend to."

1. The hammer's silvery head was etched with holy runs and its haft was meticulously wrapped in blue leather.

锤子头是纯银制成的，雕刻着神圣符文，而握柄则被精心地包裹在蓝色的皮革中。

2. The hands of the clock pointed to haft past six then.

那时时钟的指针指向6:30.

3. He puts haft an hour's practice in piano playing everyday.

他每天花半小时练钢琴.

4. The plane needs haft a day to turn round.

飞机需要半天才能返回.

5. But when I climbed the haft way, I was very'tired and quite out of breath.

但当我爬到一半时, 我累极了,上气不接下气.