steelyard
名词 n.
英 /ˈstiːljɑːd/|/ˈstiːljəd/
美 /ˈstiːljɑːɹd/|/ˈstiːljɚd/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
- A place where steel (and possibly other metals as well) is stored and sold.
词形变化
词源
From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”).
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.
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