Old English h?ft "handle," especially of a cutting or thrusting instrument, related to h?ft "fetter, bond; captive, slave," via a common notion of "a seizing, a thing seized," from Proto-Germanic *haftjam (cognates: Old Saxon haft "captured;" Dutch hecht, Old High German hefti, German Heft "handle;" German Haft "arrest"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). To haven other haeftes in hand "have other hafts in hand" was a 14c.-15c. way of saying "have other business to attend to."
雙語例句
1. The hammer's silvery head was etched with holy runs and its haft was meticulously wrapped in blue leather.
錘子頭是純銀制成的，雕刻著神圣符文，而握柄則被精心地包裹在藍色的皮革中。
來自辭典例句
2. The hands of the clock pointed to haft past six then.
那時時鐘的指針指向6:30.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. He puts haft an hour's practice in piano playing everyday.
他每天花半小時練鋼琴.
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4. The plane needs haft a day to turn round.
飛機需要半天才能返回.
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5. But when I climbed the haft way, I was very'tired and quite out of breath.