| 单词 |
flot |
| 释义 |
▪ I. flot1 Now only Sc.|flɒt|
[repr. OE. *flot (in flotsmeru floating grease), or a. ON. flot (= Sw. flott), f. weak grade of root of fleet v. Cf. flotesse.]
‘The scum of a pot of broth when it is boiling’ (Jamieson).
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1011 As a furnes ful of flot þat vpon fyr boyles.
▪ II. flot2 Mining.|flɒt|
[? var. of float n. (sense 20 a).]
(See quot. 1881.)
1747Hooson Miner's Dict. Ij, Some of these Flots carry good Ore where never Vein was yet Discovered. 1881Dakyns in Nature No. 620. 473 The word ‘flot’ is a miner's term for ore lying between the beds, or at certain definite horizons in the strata. In text-books flots are generally called ‘flats’ or ‘flattings’.
▪ III. flot3
(flɒt, ‖ flo)
[Fr., lit. ‘wave’.]
A trimming of lace or loops of ribbon, arranged in over-lapping rows.
1872Young Englishwoman Nov. 595/2 A flot of mauve ribbon falling over the chignon. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Flôts, a French term, used to signify successive loops of ribbon or lace arranged to lie over-lapping one another in rows, so as to resemble the flow of small waves... What is called a Flôt-bow is made after the same style. 1902Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 8/3 The long flots of frills.
▪ IV. flot
obs. form of float. |
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