haft a tool/weapon
及物动词,宾语通常是刀、斧等需要装柄的工具或武器。
The smith hafted the axe before polishing the blade.
铁匠在打磨刀刃之前给斧头装上了柄。
握住柄;装上柄
给(工具或武器)装柄
To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
握住柄
To grip by the handle.
一般现在时
They haft the blade to the handle.
他们将刀片装到刀柄上。
一般过去时
He hafted the axe yesterday.
他昨天给斧头装了柄。
现在完成时
She has hafted many knives.
她已经给许多刀装了柄。
规则动词
Before the camping trip, he hafted the old axe with a new wooden handle.
去露营前,他给旧斧头装上了新木柄。
用法提示:hafted 是 haft 的过去式,表示给工具安装手柄。
A good carpenter hafts every new tool before using it.
好木匠在使用每件新工具前都会给它们装好柄。
用法提示:hafts 是 haft 的第三人称单数形式,表示安装手柄。
They are hafting the sledgehammer with a fresh ash handle.
他们正在给大锤装上新白蜡木柄。
用法提示:are hafting 构成现在进行时,表示正在进行的装柄动作。
及物动词,宾语通常是刀、斧等需要装柄的工具或武器。
The smith hafted the axe before polishing the blade.
铁匠在打磨刀刃之前给斧头装上了柄。
常用被动结构,with 后引出制作柄所用的材料。
The dagger was hafted with dark wood.
这把短剑装的是深色木柄。
grammar · medium
易错句子He hafted a wooden handle onto the knife.
正确表达He hafted the knife with a wooden handle.
haft 是及物动词,它的宾语是被装柄的工具(haft the knife),柄本身要用介词 with 引出。汉语“给刀装个木柄”把“柄”放在宾语位置,逐字直译就会把宾语弄错。
grammar · medium
易错句子The axe hafted by my grandfather fifty years ago.
正确表达The axe was hafted by my grandfather fifty years ago.
haft 是及物动词,工具作主语时必须用被动语态 be + 过去分词(was hafted);汉语常用主动形式表达被动意义(斧子五十年前装好了柄),不能照搬成 The axe hafted。
grammar · medium
易错句子She hafted the sword on the handle.
正确表达She hafted the sword by the handle.
表示“抓住、握住某物的某个部位”时,英语用介词 by(by the handle);on 只说明接触的位置,不能表示抓握的部位,所以这里要用 by。
两词拼写和读音接近。haft 作动词只表示“给工具或武器装柄”或“握住柄”;shaft 作名词指细长的杆、轴、光束,作动词是“坑害、亏待某人”,不表示装柄。
heft 强调用手掂量或举起重物、感受其重量,宾语通常是重物;haft 强调给工具安上柄或握住柄。两词只差一个字母,注意不要混用。
handle 作动词泛指处理事情或用手拿、触摸某物,范围很宽;若特指“给工具装上柄”这一动作,英语用 haft 而不用 handle。
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