scrimshaw
英 ['skr?m???]
美
- n. 解悶手工
- vt. 制作貝雕品；做解悶消遣的手工
- n. (Scrimshaw)人名；(英)斯克林肖
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?scrimshaws;過去式:?scrimshawed;過去分詞:?scrimshawed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?scrimshawing;
英文詞源
- scrimshaw (n.)
- 1864, "A nautical word of unstable orthography" [Century Dictionary], back-formation from scrimshander ("Moby Dick," 1851), scrimshonting (1825), American English, of unknown origin. Scrimshaw is an English surname, attested from mid-12c., from Old French escremisseor "fencing-master."