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."