distaff

noun

/ˈdɪstɑːf/

/ˈdɪstæf/

Idioms

a stick that was used in the past for holding wool when it was spun by hand（旧时手工纺纱用的）纺纱杆，绕线杆
(in noun compounds) female or relating to women女子：女性或与女性有关
- ‘Thelma and Louise’ was a distaff buddy movie with a strong feminist agenda.《塞尔玛和露易丝》是一部带有强烈女权主义倾向的兄弟电影。

词源Old English distæf: the first element is apparently related to Middle Low German dise, disene ‘distaff, bunch of flax’; the second is staff. The sense ‘concerning women’ arose because spinning was traditionally done by women.

Idioms

on the distaff side

(old-fashioned) on the woman’s side of the family母方家族的；母系的

词汇	distaff
释义	distaff noun /ˈdɪstɑːf/ /ˈdɪstæf/ Idioms a stick that was used in the past for holding wool when it was spun by hand（旧时手工纺纱用的）纺纱杆，绕线杆 (in noun compounds) female or relating to women女子：女性或与女性有关 ‘Thelma and Louise’ was a distaff buddy movie with a strong feminist agenda.《塞尔玛和露易丝》是一部带有强烈女权主义倾向的兄弟电影。词源Old English distæf: the first element is apparently related to Middle Low German dise, disene ‘distaff, bunch of flax’; the second is staff. The sense ‘concerning women’ arose because spinning was traditionally done by women. Idioms on the distaff side (old-fashioned) on the woman’s side of the family母方家族的；母系的
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