tiller

• n. [船] 舵柄；农夫
• vi. 分蘖
• n. (Tiller)人名；(英、德、捷)蒂勒

来自古法语 tilier,弓弩的握柄，织工织布的把手，来自拉丁语 tela,网，织布机，来自 PIE*teks-la, 来自*teks,编织，纺织，词源同 texture,toiletry.后引申词义小船的舵柄，拼写比较 regulate,rule. 另一词义农夫来自 till,耕地，犁地。

tiller

tiller: see toil

tiller (n.1)

mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web; loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture (n.)). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.

tiller (n.2)

"one who tills," mid-13c., from till (v.).

1. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, "Help me."

蒂勒呻吟着，用沙哑的声音勉强喊出了一声“救救我”。

来自柯林斯例句

2. If the tiller is industrious, the farmland is productive.

人勤地不懒.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Some wheats and ryes tiller freely.

有些小麦和裸麦大量分蘖.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I have the two oars and the tiller and the short club. "

我还有两把桨和那个舵把和那根短棍. ”

来自英汉文学 - 老人与海

5. At first he tried to club them with the tiller.

起初他设法用舵把朝它们劈过去.

来自辞典例句