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rowel v. [ROWL]

用马刺前端踢；将插环打脓器插入

Definition

1: to goad with or as if with a pointed disk at the end of a spur.
1：用马刺刺激或者类似于用马刺刺激

2: vex, trouble
2：使恼火，烦扰，困扰，麻烦

注：goad：刺激，激烈，驱使；spur：马刺
Rowel Spur:

Did You Know?

If you’ve seen Western movies, you’ve seen rowels. The noun rowel names the circular, point-covered disk on the end of a spur that is used to urge powerful steeds to maximum speeds. But cowboys didn’t invent rowels; knights in shining armor were sporting them even before the 12th century. English speakers of yore picked up the noun rowel from the Anglo-Frech roele, meaning “small wheel.” It wasn’t until the 16th century that rowel began to be used as a verb for the act of spurring a horse with a rowel. By the 19th century, rowel was being used as a verb for any process of prodding or goading that was as irritating as being poked in the side with a rowel.

词源词根演化：roele (“small wheel”) —> rowel

如果你看过西部牛仔电影，你肯定看见过rowel （马刺末端的小齿轮）这个东西。名词rowel表示位于马刺末端的那个圆形的，有尖的圆盘，用于驱策马匹达到最大速度。但是牛仔们并不是rowel的发明者；甚至在12世纪之前，身着金盔甲的骑士们就已经开始使用这个东西了。那个时代的英语从Anglo-French的roele演化出了rowel，意思是“小齿轮”。直到16世纪这个词开始用作动词，表示用rowel来策马这个动作。到了19世纪，rowel这个动词有了引申意义，表示任何类似于被rowel刺激的这个行为。

注：steed：【文】马；yore【书】往昔，昔时；prod：刺激，激励

Examples

“He folded the book shut, touched his hat, moved to the wagon, and roweled the horses around.”
— Colum McCann, TransAtlantic, 2013
他合上书，压了压帽子，登上马车，策马前进。
“Then suddenly he found himself at the end of his money … Hunger rode him and roweled him. He was no longer well fed, comfortable.”
突然间，他发现他没有钱了。饥饿压着他，刺激着他。他不再吃得饱穿的暖，也不舒服了。

Bonus

prudence

审慎，深谋远虑，节俭

[noncount]: careful good judgement that allows someone to avoid danger or risks

act with ordinary/reasonable prudence
He always exercises prudence with his finance.
wearing a helmet shows prudence

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