ferule

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand. historical
    — In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, […].
动词 v.
  1. To punish with a ferule. transitive
    — And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].

词形变化

ferules plural ferules present,singular,third-person feruling participle,present feruled participle,past feruled past

词源

词源 1
From Middle French ferule (modern French férule), from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”). Doublet of ferula.
词源 2
From Middle French ferule (modern French férule), from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”). Doublet of ferula.
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