helve

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
    — It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain […]
  2. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
动词 v.
  1. To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve. transitive

词形变化

helves plural helves present,singular,third-person helving participle,present helved participle,past helved past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.
词源 2
From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.
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