| 释义 |
Definition of bodkin in English: bodkinnoun ˈbɒdkɪnˈbɑdkən 1A thick, blunt needle with a large eye, used for drawing tape or cord through a hem. Example sentencesExamples - There is a nail knot/tying tool, clipper/nipper, a bodkin - which as we all know is a needle.
- Isaac Newton risked his vision by poking a bodkin beneath his eyeball to understand how we see.
- Thus the body of the witch might be subjected to penetration by bodkins or needles as the insensible spot was sought.
- 1.1historical A long pin used for fastening up the hair.
2Printing
A pointed tool used for removing pieces of metal type for correction. 3archaic A dagger. Example sentencesExamples - The heavy draw weight of these warbows requires a significantly heavier shafted arrow, usually with some form of bodkin head, which had enough weight to strike its target with frightening power.
- This situation, Durkheim reasons, maximizes the probability that the temptation for the individual to end it all with a bare bodkin will not be resisted.
- Thankfully, the other film's plentiful bare bodkins come to rescue us from anticipation frustration.
Origin Middle English: perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Irish bod, Welsh bidog, Scottish Gaelic biodag 'dagger'. The origin is perhaps Celtic linked with Irish bod, Welsh bidog, and Scottish Gaelic biodag ‘dagger’. This was the first sense recorded in English and is used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin’. Another early use was for a sharp instrument for piercing cloth; now, in needlework, a bodkin is, on the contrary, blunt with a large eye for threading tape and other thick threads through material.
Definition of bodkin in US English: bodkinnounˈbɑdkənˈbädkən 1A blunt, thick needle with a large eye used especially for drawing tape or cord through a hem. Example sentencesExamples - Isaac Newton risked his vision by poking a bodkin beneath his eyeball to understand how we see.
- Thus the body of the witch might be subjected to penetration by bodkins or needles as the insensible spot was sought.
- There is a nail knot/tying tool, clipper/nipper, a bodkin - which as we all know is a needle.
- 1.1 A small pointed instrument used to pierce cloth or leather.
Example sentencesExamples - She stopped to examine an exquisite white embroidery bag, containing pencils for drawing, scissors, compass and bodkin in gold and mother-of-pearl.
- 1.2historical A long pin used for fastening hair.
- 1.3Printing historical A pointed tool used for removing pieces of metal type for correction.
Origin Middle English: perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Irish bod, Welsh bidog, Scottish Gaelic biodag ‘dagger’. |