scrimshaw
英式音标：scrimshaw怎么读
美式音标：scrimshaw怎么读
scrimshaw词义
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n. 解闷手工vt. 制作贝雕品；做解闷消遣的手工n. (Scrimshaw)人名；(英)斯克林肖
词态变化
第三人称单数: scrimshaws;过去式: scrimshawed;过去分词: scrimshawed;现在分词: scrimshawing;
scrimshaw英文词源
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- scrimshaw (n.)
- 1864, "A nautical word of unstable orthography" [Century Dictionary], back-formation from scrimshander ("Moby Dick," 1851), scrimshonting (1825), American English, of unknown origin. Scrimshaw is an English surname, attested from mid-12c., from Old French escremisseor "fencing-master."