| 释义 |
ea·sel
\ˈēzəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Dutch ezel ass, donkey, from Middle Dutch esel; akin to Old English esol ass, Old Saxon & Old High German esil, Gothic asilus; all from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed with modification from Latin asinus ass — more at ass
: a frame for supporting something at a desired angle: as
a. : a wooden, metal, or plastic frame to hold a canvas upright or inclined at a proper level for the painter's convenience in working
b. : a display frame for advantageous exhibition (as of a painting, a piece of china, or a poster)
c. : a frame for holding photographic paper flat in enlarging or copying
d. : the sheet of plain glass on which the constituent pieces of a work of stained glass are first assembled |