mid-13c., "ornamental knob;" c. 1300, "knob at the end of a sword hilt," from Old French pomel (12c., Modern French pommeau), "rounded knob," diminutive of pom "hilt of a sword," from Late Latin pomellum, diminutive of Latin pomum "apple" (see Pomona), the connecting notion being "roundness." Sense of "front peak of a saddle" first recorded mid-15c. In Middle English poetry it also sometimes meant a woman's breast. The gymnast's pommel horse is attested from 1908.
双语例句
1. Tung finished and folded his hands over the reins on the pommel of his saddle.
董说完了,把拉着缰绳的手往鞍头上一搭.
来自辞典例句
2. We have some nice pommel just in from Yunnan.
我们有些很好的柚子,是刚从云南来的.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
3. The vault is similar to the pommel horse but taller.
跳马与鞍马相似,只不过更高一点.
来自互联网
4. China's world champion Xiao Qin won the pommel horse gold medal.
