Ell
[el]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
(n.) See L.
編輯:韦斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- We-ell, ye-es,' he returned, thinking about it, not quite satisfied with the phrase: 'or perhaps I might say, if it was in him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The latest improvements in Revolvers were contrived by Mr. Josiah Ells, of Pittsburg, North America, as specified in a patent obtained for him by the author, in his own name, in 1855. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
手打:弗拉德