单词 | aftershaft |
释义 | aftershaft[ af-ter-shaft, ahf-ter-shahft ] / ˈæf tərˌʃæft, ˈɑf tərˌʃɑft / noun Ornithology.a supplementary feather, usually small, arising from the underside of the base of the shafts of certain feathers in many birds. the shaft of such a feather. Origin of aftershaftFirst recorded in 1865–70; after + shaft OTHER WORDS FROM aftershaftaf·ter·shaft·ed, adjectiveWords nearby aftershaftafter-ripening, after-run, afters, afterschool, aftersensation, aftershaft, aftershave, aftershave lotion, aftershock, aftershow, aftersound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aftershaft
British Dictionary definitions for aftershaftaftershaft / (ˈɑːftəˌʃɑːft) / nounornithol a secondary feather arising near the base of a contour feather Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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