holystone英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.

动词 v.

To use a holystone. transitive

— Six days shalt thou labour and do all thou art able, And on the seventh—holystone the decks and scrape the cable.

词形变化

holystones plural holystones present,singular,third-person holystoning participle,present holystoned participle,past holystoned past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.

词源 2

Uncertain, but equivalent to holy + stone. As an amulet, probably from holey (“having a hole”). As a scouring stone, variously derived from holey, from the amulet, from its association with Sunday cleaning, from its users' adoption of a kneeling position similar to prayer, and (least likely) from their original provision by raiding graveyards for tombstones.