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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--strop(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年10月24日18:40:51 星期二), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
strop (strop) noun
1. A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to
make a ring.
2. A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor.
verb tr.
To sharpen (a razor) on a strop.
[Middle English strope, band of leather, probably from Old English, thong
for an oar, from Latin stroppus, twisted cord, from Greek strophos, from
strephein, to turn..]
"He absently sharpened his razor along a leather strop for several
moments, gazing into the middle distance."
Mark Leyner, I dream of Liddy, Elle, Oct 1999.
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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/strop.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/strop.ram
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