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

skelf

/skɛlf

noun Scottish

1A splinter or sliver of wood.Megan, you were just a skelf of a girl - not an ounce of fat....

Just the other night I grew dizzy at the sight of a skelf in my husband's foot.
The skelf injury is the result of hours spent working in his garden and he wears it like a trophy.

2 informal A troublesome or annoying person.

Late Middle English (in the sense 'shelf'): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf¹. sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.

单词	skelf
释义	skelf /skɛlf / noun Scottish 1A splinter or sliver of wood.Megan, you were just a skelf of a girl - not an ounce of fat.... Just the other night I grew dizzy at the sight of a skelf in my husband's foot. The skelf injury is the result of hours spent working in his garden and he wears it like a trophy. 2 informal A troublesome or annoying person. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'shelf'): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf¹. sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.
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