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Mallet N Latin Soft Grind Meal Flour Church

单词 mallet
音标 ['mælit]
解释 n. 木槌,大头锤
红宝书 【英】 n. 木槌,大头锤(a kind of hammer)
字源 mallet (n.)
late 14c., from Old French maillet "mallet, small wooden hammer, door-knocker," diminutive of mail, from Latin malleus "a hammer," from PIE *mal-ni-, from root *mel- (1) "soft," with derivatives referring to softened material and tools for grinding (cognates: Hittite mallanzi "they grind;" Armenian malem "I crush, bruise;" Greek malakos "soft," mylos "millstone;" Latin molere "to grind," mola "millstone, mill," milium "millet;" Old English melu "meal, flour;" Albanian miel "meal, flour;" Old Church Slavonic meljo, Lithuanian malu "to grind;" Old Church Slavonic mlatu, Russian molotu "hammer").
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】音:马垒,马上玩的垒球,用大头锤棒来击球,类似马球(polo);maul 大槌,打伤, 粗手粗脚地摆弄, 抨击

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