a stick with a hook, or a barbed spear, for landing large fish (捕大鱼用的)手拉鱼钩;手拉鱼叉
(Sailing)a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent (航海)桅上斜杆(用于系紧纵帆上缘的帆桅)
verb
[with obj.]seize or impale with a gaff 用鱼钩钩(鱼);用鱼叉叉(鱼)
语源
Middle English: from Provençal gaf 'hook'; related to gaffe
gaff2 noun
(用于短语 blow the gaff)(Brit. informal)reveal a plot or secret (英,非正式)泄露阴谋(或秘密)
语源
early 19th cent.: of unknown origin
gaff3 noun
(Brit. informal)a house, flat, or other building, especially as being a person's home (英,非正式)房屋,公寓(或其他建筑物,尤指某人的家) Gav's new gaff is in McDonald Road. 加弗的新家在麦克唐纳路。