tiller

tiller1
noun
  1. a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat's rudder post and used for steering
    舵柄
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French telier 'weaver's beam, stock of a crossbow', from medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela 'web'

tiller2
noun
  1. a lateral shoot from the base of the stem, especially in a grass or cereal
    (草本或禾木科植物的)分蘖
verb
  1. [no obj.][usu. as noun tillering]develop tillers
    分蘖
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (denoting a sapling arising from the stool of a felled tree): apparently based on Old English telga 'bough', of Germanic origin

tiller3
noun
  1. an implement or machine for breaking up soil; a plough or cultivator
    犁;耕作机
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