Anvil
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 铁砧
- ［英］ n. 铁砧 ( a steel block )
- ［类］ hammer : anvil / pestle : mortar ( 锤子砸在铁砧上 / 研棒砸在研钵上)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Middle English anfilt, from Old English; akin to Old High German anafalz anvil; akin to Latin pellere to beat — more at felt
- Date: before 12th century
- 1. a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
- 2. incus
- 3. the anvil-shaped top of a cumulonimbus
