英语释义
1. a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish
2. a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles
3. a metal spur for a gamecock
4. a butcher's hook
5. a climbing iron or its steel point
6. the spar (see spar entry 1 sense 2a) on which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended
7. gaffe
8. to strike or secure with a spear or hook
gaff a salmon
9. to fit (a gamecock) with a metal spur
10. something painful or difficult to bear ordeal —usually used in the phrase stand the gaff especially persistent raillery or criticism
11. rough treatment abuse
12. hoax, fraud
13. gimmick, trick
14. deceive, trick also fleece
15. to fix for the purpose of cheating
gaff the dice
16. a cheap theater or music hall