| 释义 |
‖ dotchin|ˈdɒtʃɪn|
Also 8 dodgeon, 9 dodging.
[Corruption of the Cantonese name toh-ch‘ing (in Court dialect to-ch‘êng) f. toh to measure + ch‘ing to weigh (N.A. Giles).]
The name in the south of China for the small hand-steelyard there used.
1696Bowyear's Jrnl. at Cochin-China in Dalrymple Orient. Rep. (1808) I. 88 (Y.) For their Dotchin and Ballance they use that of Japan. 1711C. Lockyer Trade in Ind. v. 113 Never weigh your Silver by their Dotchins, for they have usually two Pair, one to receive, the other to pay by. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 48 Dodgings..very similar to steelyards. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 294 The steelyard..resembling in form the little instrument in use amongst the Chinese, called the dotchins. |