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

picotah

/pɪˈkɒtə/ /pʌɪˈkɒtə/

Now chiefly historical

noun

In South India: a device for raising water consisting of a pivoted beam weighted at one end and with a bucket suspended from the other, operated by a person standing on the beam and using his or her weight to lower and raise the bucket; a shadoof, a sweep.

Origin

Late 18th century. From Portuguese picota the handle of a ship's pump together with the post in which it works, pillory (on a ship) from pico + -ota, augmentative suffix.

单词	picotah
释义	picotah /pɪˈkɒtə/ /pʌɪˈkɒtə/ Now chiefly historical noun In South India: a device for raising water consisting of a pivoted beam weighted at one end and with a bucket suspended from the other, operated by a person standing on the beam and using his or her weight to lower and raise the bucket; a shadoof, a sweep. Origin Late 18th century. From Portuguese picota the handle of a ship's pump together with the post in which it works, pillory (on a ship) from pico + -ota, augmentative suffix.
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