drail

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hook with a lead shank.
  2. The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.
  3. The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.
动词 v.
  1. To trawl. intransitive,obsolete
    — drailing for mackerel

词形变化

drails plural drails present,singular,third-person drailing participle,present drailed participle,past drailed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).
词源 2
From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).
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