| 釋義 |
shaftn.
1. arrow 箭。
△Mer.1.1.141 (140): “when I had lostone shaft，”當(dāng)我射丟了一枝箭。
△ Lr.1.1.145 (143):“The bow is bent and drawn; make from the shaft.”弓已經(jīng)彎足，引滿；快躲開(kāi)這枝箭。
2. sharp long arrow 長(zhǎng)箭。
shaft or a bolt on’t,make a: (Proverbial) If the woodis too short for a shaft (= a sharp,long arrow),itwould do for a bolt (= a thick,short arrow); do one thing or another; settle the matter one way or anoth-er,cleverly or clumsily. （成語(yǔ)）（木料）做不成長(zhǎng)箭則做短箭；不成功就失敗，不把事情辦得巧就把事情辦得笨。
△Wiv.3.4. 24; “I’ll make a shaft or bolt on’t.’Slid，’tis butventuring.”成功失敗，在此一試。老天在上，我要碰碰運(yùn)氣。
forehand shaft: arrow used for shooting straight a-head and directly on the target 直射靶子的箭。
△2H. IV.3.2.52 (46): “and carried you a forehand shaft afourteen (= over a fourteen) and fourteen and ahalf，” i. e. over a distance of fourteen-score to four-teen-score and a half-score yards; 280-290 yards. 他能從二百八十碼到二百九十碼的距離之外把箭直射中靶心。 shaft[?ɑ:ft]n.柄，軸，光線，柱身，塔尖，豎井，桿身，球棒桿部，桿狀物
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