名詞 gimlet:

1. a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
2. hand tool for boring holes
   同義詞：auger, screw auger, wimble

gim.let

n.（名詞）
A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes.
手鉆：一種小的手工工具，有螺旋尖頭，帶槽紋的鉆身，橫裝的手柄，作鉆孔用
A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.
伏特加杜松子雞尾酒：一種由伏特加和杜松子酒制成的雞尾酒，加入檸檬汁使之甜些，并且有時(shí)加入蘇打水并飾以一片檸檬
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
gim.let.ed,gim.let.ing,gim.lets
To penetrate with or as if with a gimlet.
滲透入或好象用手鉆穿過(guò)
adj.（形容詞）
Having a penetrating or piercing quality:
銳利的：有突破力或穿透力的：
例句：
gimlet eyes.
銳利的眼睛

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Anglo-Norman guimbelet
源自 英法語(yǔ) guimbelet
perhaps from Middle Dutch wimmelkijn [diminutive of] wimmel [auger]
可能源自 中古荷蘭語(yǔ) wimmelkijn [] wimmel的小后綴 [鉆孔器，鉆孔機(jī)]