单词 | rowing stick |
释义 | > as lemmasrowing stick rowing stick n. a stick used as an oar; (also poetic) an oar. ΚΠ 1907 J. M. Synge Aran Islands iv. 184 One of the men wanted to kill one [sc. a bird] with a thole-pin, and the other man wanted to kill one with his rowing stick. I was afraid they would upset the curagh. 1923 E. Pound XXX Cantos xx. 93 Their names are not written in bronze Nor their rowing sticks set with Elpenor's. 2008 J. Brindley City of Screams (2009) lxxx. 240 Even the rowing sticks they'd started out with had had the ends bitten off by crouching tiger-sharks. < as lemmas |
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