| 单词 |
charka |
| 释义 |
charka|ˈtʃɜːkə| Also charkha, churka. [Hind. charkhah, charkhā spinning-wheel (Skr. cakrá wheel).] A roller cotton gin much used in India.
1880Markham Peru 122 A machine..very like the Indian churka. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 730/2 Such was the first spinning wheel which, in the form of the ‘charka’, has long been known in the East Indies. 1926Spectator 6 Feb. 214/2 Gandhi..bade India spin cotton on the charka. 1940M. Masani Our India viii. 102 If in the bulk of the homes of our cultivators there were a spinning-wheel (charkha) or a hand-loom.., they could satisfy the market which at present invites foreign cloth. |

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