distaff

基本解释

• n.纺纱杆；卷线棒；女红；(总称)女人
• adj.母系的；女方的

同根派生

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• She puts her hands to the distaff and her fingers hold the spindle.
  她手执纺锤，手指旋转纱锭。

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• involving women; female
• in the past, a stick onto which wool or flax (= fibre from a plant) was twisted for spinning (= making thread)