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holster n.手枪皮套 holster (n.) "leather case for a pistol," 1660s, probably from Old English heolster, earlier helustr "concealment, hiding place," from Proto-Germanic *hulfti- (cognates: Old High German hulft "cover, case, sheath," Old Norse hulstr "case, sheath," Middle Dutch holster, German Holfster "holster"), from PIE *kel- (2) "to cover, to hide" (see cell). Intermediate forms are wanting, and the modern word could as well be from the Norse or Dutch cognates.holster (v.) by 1902, from holster (n.). Related: Holstered; holstering. 【记】hole + 音：手套→有个洞象皮手套般的皮套；hold 装东西的 + er 东西

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['həulstə] 【英】 n. 手枪皮套(a pistol case)【考】 dagger : scabbard / pistol : holster(匕首装在剑鞘里/手 枪装在手枪皮套里) n. (系在腰上的)手枪皮套【记】源于hol = hold(v 拿住n 船舱)－拿住手枪的东西－皮套【类】dagger: scabbard = pistol: holster匕首装在剑鞘里 = 手枪装在手枪皮套里

单词	holster
音标	['həulstə]
解释	n.手枪皮套
红宝书	【英】 n. 手枪皮套(a pistol case) 【考】 dagger : scabbard / pistol : holster(匕首装在剑鞘里/手枪装在手枪皮套里)
字源	holster (n.) "leather case for a pistol," 1660s, probably from Old English heolster, earlier helustr "concealment, hiding place," from Proto-Germanic hulfti- (cognates: Old High German hulft "cover, case, sheath," Old Norse hulstr "case, sheath," Middle Dutch holster, German Holfster "holster"), from PIE kel- (2) "to cover, to hide" (see cell). Intermediate forms are wanting, and the modern word could as well be from the Norse or Dutch cognates. holster (v.) by 1902, from holster (n.). Related: Holstered; holstering.
不择手段背单词	n. (系在腰上的)手枪皮套【记】源于hol = hold(v 拿住n 船舱)－拿住手枪的东西－皮套【类】dagger: scabbard = pistol: holster匕首装在剑鞘里 = 手枪装在手枪皮套里
趣味全助记	【记】hole + 音：手套→有个洞象皮手套般的皮套；hold 装东西的 + er 东西

Holster N Pistol Scabbard German Sheath Norse Dutch