Shaft



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• n.矛柄, 把柄
• ［英］ n.矛柄, 把柄 ( the long handle of a spear or similar weapon)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural shafts)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceaft; akin to Old High German scaft shaft, Latin scapus shaft, stalk, Greek skēptesthai to prop oneself, lean
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) the long handle of a spear or similar weapon
    • (2) spear, lance
  • b. or plural shaves pole; specifically either of two long pieces of wood between which a horse is hitched to a vehicle
  • c.
    • (1) an arrow especially for a longbow
    • (2) the body or stem of an arrow extending from the nock to the head
• 2. a sharply delineated beam of light shining through an opening
• 3. something suggestive of the shaft of a spear or arrow especially in long slender cylindrical form: as
  • a. the trunk of a tree
  • b. the cylindrical pillar between the capital and the base
  • c. the handle of a tool or instrument (as a golf club)
  • d. a commonly cylindrical bar used to support rotating pieces or to transmit power or motion by rotation
  • e. the stem or central axis of a feather
  • f. the upright member of a cross especially below the arms
  • g. the cylindrical part of a long bone between the enlarged ends
  • h. a small architectural column (as at each side of a doorway)
  • i. a column, obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument
  • j. a vertical or inclined opening of uniform and limited cross section made for finding or mining ore, raising water, or ventilating underground workings (as in a cave)
  • k. the part of a hair that is visible above the surface of the skin
  • l. a vertical opening or passage through the floors of a building
• 4.
  • a. a projectile thrown like a spear or shot like an arrow
  • b. a scornful, satirical, or pithily critical remark or attack
  • c. harsh or unfair treatment — usually used with the<gave them the shaft>

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1611
• 1. to fit with a shaft
• 2. to treat unfairly or harshly

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