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scrimshaw是什么意思

scrimshaw

英 ['skrɪmʃɔː] 美
  • n. 解闷手工
  • vt. 制作贝雕品;做解闷消遣的手工
  • n. (Scrimshaw)人名;(英)斯克林肖

英文词源


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."

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