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distaff

/dis-taf, -tahf/US // ˈdɪs tæf, -tɑf //UK // (ˈdɪstɑːf) //

职员,杖,工作人员,镰刀

Related Words

female女性,女,女子,女的muliebrity慕容博womanhood女性身份,女性,女权,女人味womankind妇人,妇人之仁,女性人类,妇联womanliness女人味,女人味儿,女色,妇人之仁ladylike淑女,淑女式的,淑女风范,淑女般maternal孕产妇,产妇,孕妇,母体womanish女人味十足,女人味,妇人之仁,女人味十足的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
    • : a similar attachment on a spinning wheel.
    • : Archaic. a woman or women collectively.women's work.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes Offensive. noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a female.See also distaff side.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.feminine
Synonyms
female女性,女,女子,女的femalelike女性化,女性化的,女性,女性的ladylike淑女,淑女式的,淑女风范,淑女般maternal孕产妇,产妇,孕妇,母体muliebral慕容博womanish女人味十足,女人味,妇人之仁,女人味十足的womanly女人味,有女人味,有女人味的,女人味十足
nounfemininity
Synonyms
femaleness女性化,女性特征,女性特质,女性化程度muliebrity慕容博womanhood女性身份,女性,女权,女人味womankind妇人,妇人之仁,女性人类,妇联womanliness女人味,女人味儿,女色,妇人之仁

Examples

  • Indeed, the distaff vote may yet again break Republican this cycle—as it did in 2010—if the polls are to be believed.

  • As Maggie in a 1990 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof she was more than just a slip of distaff Mississippi flesh.

  • Behind the bride were carried the distaff and spindle, emblems of domestic life.

  • A beautiful young girl was seated near them, with her distaff, spinning gold thread.

  • In the morning she took her wheel and spun a whole distaff full; there was still no news.

  • The invention of the loom and distaff has been piously ascribed to the gods.

  • The ancients were all familiar with the idea of women sometimes exchanging the spindle and distaff for the spear and shield.

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