tiller
英 [ˈtɪlə(r)]
美 [ˈtɪlər]
n. (小船的)舵柄
复数：tillers 现在分词：tillering 过去式：tillered 第三人称单数：tillers 过去分词：tillered
BNC.13311 / COCA.20352
牛津词典
noun
- （小船的）舵柄
a bar that is used to turn the rudder of a small boat in order to steer it
柯林斯词典
- (船的)舵柄
Thetillerof a boat is a handle that is fixed to the rudder. It is used to turn the rudder, which then steers the boat.
英英释义
noun
- a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
- lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
- someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
- a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
verb
- grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers