• n. [船] 舵柄；農夫
• vi. 分蘗
• n. (Tiller)人名；(英、德、捷)蒂勒

來自古法語 tilier,弓弩的握柄，織工織布的把手，來自拉丁語 tela,網，織布機，來自 PIE*teks-la, 來自*teks,編織，紡織，詞源同 texture,toiletry.后引申詞義小船的舵柄，拼寫比較 regulate,rule. 另一詞義農夫來自 till,耕地，犁地。

tiller

tiller: see toil

tiller (n.1)

mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium, from Latin tela "web; loom," from PIE *teks-la-, from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture (n.)). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s.

tiller (n.2)

"one who tills," mid-13c., from till (v.).

1. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, "Help me."

蒂勒呻吟著，用沙啞的聲音勉強喊出了一聲“救救我”。

來自柯林斯例句

2. If the tiller is industrious, the farmland is productive.

人勤地不懶.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Some wheats and ryes tiller freely.

有些小麥和裸麥大量分蘗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I have the two oars and the tiller and the short club. "

我還有兩把槳和那個舵把和那根短棍. ”

來自英漢文學 - 老人與海

5. At first he tried to club them with the tiller.

起初他設法用舵把朝它們劈過去.

來自辭典例句