Word · Frequency #13311
tiller
分蘖
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- 1.
A person who tills; a farmer.
耕种的人；农民。
- 2.
A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
从植物根部或原茎底部萌发的枝条；幼树；吸根。
- 3.
The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
枪托；弩上刻有容纳箭矢的横梁,或长弓的平衡点。
- 4.
A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
机械翻土的机器。
- 5.
A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
连接舵头和舵杆的铁条或木条,通常在前方,通过舵杆按需移动舵(FM 55-501)。
- 6.
The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
舵手握住以操纵船只的舵柄,一块从舵延伸向前、穿过艉封板的木头或金属,通常连接在舵顶部。
- 7.
A steering wheel, usually mounted on the lower portion of the captain's control column, which is used to steer the aircraft's nosewheel or tailwheel to provide steering during taxi.
安装在机长操纵杆下部、用于飞机滑行时控制前轮或尾轮转向的方向盘。
- 8.
A handle; a stalk.
手柄；茎。
- 9.
The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
舵杆卡车上的后轮转向控制装置。
耕种者；农夫；舵柄；操舵杆；耕种的人；农民。；从植物根部或原茎底部萌发的枝条；幼树；吸根。；枪托；弩上刻有容纳箭矢的横梁,或长弓的平衡点。
In use
The sailor gripped the tiller firmly as the wind picked up.
He turned the tiller to starboard, and the boat began to change course.
A loose tiller can make a small boat very hard to control.
a tiller of [soil/land]
作名词时指耕种者，常与 of the soil/land 连用。
He was a humble tiller of the land.
他是一个朴实的耕种者。
steer [a boat] with the tiller
此义指小船的舵柄；tiller 前常用 the。
She steered the small boat with the tiller.
她用舵柄操纵小船。
begin to tiller
作动词时为不及物动词，主语通常是禾本科植物。
Connections
Collocations
- tiller of the soil
- 土地的耕耘者；农夫
- The tiller of the soil respects the rhythm of the seasons.土地的耕耘者尊重四季的节奏。
- at the tiller
- 在掌舵；负责指挥
- Who was at the tiller when the accident happened?事故发生时是谁在掌舵？
- take the tiller
- 接过舵柄；接管指挥
- She took the tiller while I lowered the sail.她接过舵柄，我降下帆。
- tiller number
- 分蘖数
- The new variety has a higher tiller number.这个新品种的分蘖数更高。
- tillering stage
- 分蘖期
- Rice fields are kept flooded during the tillering stage.稻田在分蘖期保持淹水。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 till（耕种）加 er：农夫是 tiller；同一拼写还指舵柄，像“掌舵耕种”方向；分蘖是从根部长出的新芽。仅助记，非词源。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：agriculture / botany、sailing / nautical、historical / literary writing 该词含义分属不同领域，语体随之变化：作“分蘖”（名词/动词）多用于植物学；作“舵柄”多用于航海；作“耕种者”比较常见于文学或历史语境。
Grammar Note
动词 tiller 的主语通常为禾本科植物（如水稻、小麦）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tiller 押韵，重读音节都含 /ɪlər/（美式）或 /ɪlə/（英式非卷舌）。注意形近词 tilter /ˈtɪltər/ 多了一个 /t/ 音，tile /taɪl/ 的元音完全不同，不要按拼写类推读音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.