distaff ['distɑ:f, -tæf]

英汉解释

n. 卷线杆；女人；女红；女子关心的事
adj. 女人特点的；母系的

同义词

a. female

参考例句

1. The worker is pushing the distaff.
工人们正在推卷线杆。
2. The worker is pushing the distaff .
工人们正在推卷线杆。
3. Stone looked terrific in Western duds playing something of a distaff version of a Clint Eastwood-like gunfighter.
在电影里，斯通穿着西部服装扮演一位像柯林特·伊斯特伍德那样女人版本的策马持枪的牛仔。

英英解释

n.
  1. the sphere of work by women
  2. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
adj.
  1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

网络释义

distaff
卷线杆; 拉线棒; 拉线部门; 女子;
the distaff side
母系;