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。
分蘖
tillers — plural of tiller
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。
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
耕种的人；农民。
A person who tills; a farmer.
从植物根部或原茎底部萌发的枝条；幼树；吸根。
A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
枪托；弩上刻有容纳箭矢的横梁,或长弓的平衡点。
The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
机械翻土的机器。
A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
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)。
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).
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。
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.
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。
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.
手柄；茎。
A handle; a stalk.
舵杆卡车上的后轮转向控制装置。
The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
The sailor gripped the tiller firmly as the wind picked up.
水手在风力增强时紧紧握住舵柄。
用法提示：该句中tiller为名词，指船上控制舵的杠杆，作宾语。
He turned the tiller to starboard, and the boat began to change course.
他把舵柄转向右舷，船开始改变航向。
用法提示：该句中tiller为名词，意为舵柄，作动词turned的宾语。
A loose tiller can make a small boat very hard to control.
舵柄松动会让小船很难操控。
用法提示：该句中tiller为名词，指舵柄，在句中作主语。
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。
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。
作动词时为不及物动词，主语通常是禾本科植物。
The wheat began to tiller in early spring.
小麦在早春开始分蘖。
tiller 专指禾草基部长出的直立新枝；shoot 泛指植物任何部位长出的新芽或新枝，范围更广。只在描述禾草分蘖时可替换，指其他植物时不宜用 tiller。
sprout 常指由种子或根部长出的幼苗或嫩芽，较 tiller 更强调“新生、幼小”；tiller 是农业/植物学用语，特指禾本科植物的分蘖枝，二者不能完全等同。
grammar · medium
易错句子The farmer tillers the field before planting.
正确表达The farmer tills the field before planting.
动词 tiller 的意思是“分蘖”（指禾本科植物从基部生出新枝），不是“耕种”；表示“耕种、翻地”应用动词 till，主语为第三人称单数时用 tills。
grammar · medium
易错句子The rice plants are tilling in the paddy.
正确表达The rice plants are tillering in the paddy.
表示水稻等“分蘖”时，动词用 tiller（现在分词 tillering），而 till 的现在分词 tilling 是“耕地、翻土”的意思，不能用来描述植株长出分蘖。
tiller（舵柄）是转舵用的操纵杆，rudder（舵）是入水的转向板，二者不是同一个部件。
tiller（分蘖）专指禾本科植物从基部生出的新茎；sprout（芽）泛指任何植物长出的新芽，范围更宽。
tiller（耕种者）指亲自犁地、整地的人或农具；farmer（农民/农场主）是经营农田的人，不一定自己下地干活。
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。
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？
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。
分蘖数
The new variety has a higher tiller number.
这个新品种的分蘖数更高。
分蘖期
Rice fields are kept flooded during the tillering stage.
稻田在分蘖期保持淹水。
掌舵；掌管
With the new CEO at the tiller, the company has finally become profitable.
在新任首席执行官掌舵下，公司终于开始盈利。
接手管理；开始掌舵
After years of waiting, she finally took the tiller of the family business.
经过多年的等待，她终于接手管理家族企业。
稳健的掌舵者；可靠的管理
The project needs a steady hand on the tiller to succeed.
这个项目需要有一位稳健的掌舵者才能成功。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.