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How to pronounce “shaft”
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Pronunciation guide for shaft
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shaft with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Human Cost of Coal Mining in China
can we start to climb out of the coal mine shaft
- Definition summary
- (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
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How to pronounce shaft
The Human Cost of Coal Mining in China
can we start to climb out of the coal mine shaft
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shaft”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
- (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
- (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
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