fettle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.
    — These strong 2-8-2s […] appeared in good fettle, especially those shedded at Lublin and several arrivals and departures were photographed in the fine evening light.
  2. One's mental state; spirits.
  3. Sand used to line a furnace.
  4. A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.
  5. The act of fettling. UK,dialectal
  6. A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst. Cumbria,Geordie
    — What’s yer fettle marra?
动词 v.
  1. To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair. Northern-England,especially
    — He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.
  2. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. intransitive
    — Nor list he now go whistling to the car, But sells his team , and fettleth to the war
  3. To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal. transitive
  4. To be upset or in a bad mood. Geordie,reflexive
    — Divint fettle yersel ower that!
  5. To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  6. To machine away seam lines or more generally to make small adjustments to a component or machine to improve its fit or operation. transitive
    — He wants to fettle his gearchange mechanism before the next competition.
  7. To prepare. archaic,transitive
    — But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...

词形变化

fettles plural fettles present,singular,third-person fettling participle,present fettled participle,past fettled past

词汇关系

衍生词
in fine fettle fettler fettling refettle unfettled
相关词
fash

词源

词源 1
From Late Middle English fetlen (“(verb) to bestow; to fix, prepare, put in place; to prepare (oneself) for battle, gird up; to shape; to be about to, or to ready (oneself) to stay; (adjective) shaped (well or poorly)”) [and other forms], which possibly:
* from Old English fetel (“belt, girdle, fettle”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, further etymology unknown; or
* from Old English fetian (“to fetch”), from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).
Compare Old English ġefetelsod (“provided with a belt; trimmed, polished, ornamented”).
词源 2
From Late Middle English fetlen (“(verb) to bestow; to fix, prepare, put in place; to prepare (oneself) for battle, gird up; to shape; to be about to, or to ready (oneself) to stay; (adjective) shaped (well or poorly)”) [and other forms], which possibly:
* from Old English fetel (“belt, girdle, fettle”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, further etymology unknown; or
* from Old English fetian (“to fetch”), from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).
Compare Old English ġefetelsod (“provided with a belt; trimmed, polished, ornamented”).
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