英语词汇“moff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	moff
释义	▪ I. moff¹, moph\|mɒf\| [See quot. 1885.] An instrument consisting of a pair of compasses, one leg of which is fashioned like the leg of a pair of callipers. 1885Let. 28 Nov. (MS.), It is a cross, in fact, between compass and calliper; and its character of cross breed got it originally the name of hermaphrodite, which was corrupted into mophrodite, which has been shortened into ‘moff’.1902Marshall Metal Tools 12 A useful form of calipers for marking off..is known by various names, such as ‘odd-leg calipers’, ‘scribing calipers’, ‘hermaphrodite calipers’, ‘mophs’, or ‘jennies’. ▪ II. ‖ moff²\|mɒf\| See quot. 1851Official Catal. Gt. Exhib. III. 1373 Caucasian silk stuff (called moff).1858Simmonds Dict. Trade.
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