| 单词 | shadoof |
| 释义 | shadoof|ʃəˈduːf|
Also schaduf, shadouf, shaduf, shayduf; chadous.
[Egyptian Arabic shādūf.]
A contrivance used in the East for raising water for irrigation purposes, consisting of a rod or pole working upon a pivot, at one end of which is fastened a bucket and at the other a weight to serve as a counterpoise.
1836Lane Mod. Egypt. xiv. (1890) 300 The most common of these machines is the ‘shadoof’. 1837Wilkinson Mann. & Cust. Anc. Egypt. ii. (1841) I. 53 The mode of irrigation was by the shadoof. 1858Homans Cycl. Comm. 440/1 The cotton plants [in Egypt] are watered periodically by means of Sakyiehs, Shadoufs, or water⁓wheels. 1885Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iv. 90/2 The shadoof or chadous of Egypt. 1904H. Spencer Autobiog. II. 338 The fellahs..work all day with their shadoofs, raising water to irrigate their lands. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Apr. 268/2 The sounds which run as an undercurrent beneath the activities of Egyptian life..are the creak of the water-wheel and of the shaduf. 1961G. Clark World Prehist. v. 109 For any great extension of the fertile zone it was necessary to cut channels and lift the Nile waters into them by some such device as the schaduf. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropaedia IX. 100/3 (caption) Villagers in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, using a shaduf to raise water from a stream into irrigation channels. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：shadoof英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
单词 shadowish 释义 † shadowish, a. Obs.Also 6 shadowysshe, shaddoish, shadowishe.[f. sha......
字词 有效部分 释义 【化】 effective section 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本......
字词 有效量 释义 【医】 dosis efficax; E. D. 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基......
单词 shadowing 释义 ▪ I. shadowing, vbl. n.|d|[-ing1.]The action of the verb shadow in va......
字词 有效热 释义 【医】 effective heat 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖......
字词 有效热效率 释义 【化】 effective thermal efficiency 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英......