| 单词 | swingle |
| 释义 | swingle swingle1 /swing"geuhl/, n. , v. , swingled, swingling. n. 1. a swipple. 2. a wooden instrument shaped like a large knife, for beating flax or hemp and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions. v.t. 3. to clean (flax or hemp) by beating and scraping with a swingle. [1275-1325; ME swingel, OE swingell rod (c. MD swinghel), equiv. to swing- (see SWING1) + -el instrumental suffix (see -LE)] swingle2 /swing"geuhl/, n. Slang. a single person who swings, esp. one who is highly active socially and sexually. [1965-70, Amer.; b. SWING1 and SINGLE] |
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