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Results for: "shaft"

Translating from English to Chinese Simplified

Translations:

shaft — long passage sunk into the earth
→ 矿井 (kuàngjǐng)
shaft — long narrow body of spear or arrow
→ 杆 (gān)

More translations:

shaft
→ 杆，柄
shaft
→ 辕
shaft
→ 轴
shaft
→ 井（穴）
shaft
→ 一束光

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 12

  1. a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

  2. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

    • “his parting shot was `drop dead'”
    • “she threw shafts of sarcasm”
    • “she takes a dig at me every chance she gets”
    Synonymsshotslamdigbarbjibegibe

  3. a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

Show 9 more meanings

  1. a column of light (as from a beacon)

    Synonymsbeambeam of lightlight beamrayray of lightshaft of lightirradiation

  2. the main (mid) section of a long bone

    Synonymsdiaphysis

  3. obscene terms for penis

    Synonymscockprickdickpeckerpetertoolputz

  4. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

    Synonymsspearlance

  5. a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

  6. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

    Synonymsscape

  7. a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

  8. a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

    Synonymsrotating shaft

  9. the hollow spine of a feather

    Synonymsquillcalamus

VERB 2

  1. equip with a shaft

  2. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Synonymscheatchousescrewchicanejockey