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Reel Late Winging Fishing N.1 Sense 14c Related

单词 reel
音标 [ri:l]
解释 n.卷轴,旋转;v.卷…于轴上
红宝书 【考】 reel : winging / die : shaping(卷轴用来卷绕/模子 用来定形)
字源 reel (n.1)
"frame turning on an axis," especially one on which thread is wound, late Old English hreol "reel for winding thread," from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz; probably related to hrægel "garment," and Old Norse hræll "spindle," from PIE *krek- "to weave, beat" (cognates: Greek krokus "nap of cloth").
Specifically of the fishing rod attachment from 1726; of a film projector apparatus from 1896. Reel-to-reel type of tape deck is attested from 1958.
reel (n.2)
"lively Highland dance," 1580s, probably a special use of reel (n.1), which had a secondary sense of "a whirl, whirling movement" (1570s) or from reel (v.1). Applied to the music for such a dance from 1590s.
reel (v.1)
"to whirl around," late 14c., also "sway, swing, rock, become unsteady" (late 14c.), "stagger as a result of a blow, etc." (c.1400), probably from reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796. Related: Reeled; reeling.
reel (v.2)
"to wind on a reel," late 14c., from reel (n.1). Verbal phrase reel off "recite without pause or effort" is from 1837. Fishing sense is from 1849. Related: Reeled; reeling.
不择手段背单词 n. 卷轴(用于卷起和贮存绳索、磁带、胶片等物质)
【区】l结尾的象卷轴reed(n 芦苇; 芦笛)d结尾读: 笛reek(n 烟; v 冒烟; v 用烟熏)k结尾读: 咳(嗽)-烟
【类】reel: winging = die: shaping卷轴用来卷绕 = 模子用来定形
趣味全助记 【记】roll 滚动,卷→卷轴滚动

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