名詞 distaff:

1. the sphere of work by women
2. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning

形容詞 distaff:

1. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
   同義詞：female

1. Faith Daniels, the distaff anchor of the "CBS Early Morning News, " was ready to jump ship last week, following in the footsteps of her former sidekick, Forrest Sawyer, who skipped town last September.
   “哥倫比亞廣播公司早晨新聞”女主播丹尼爾斯，上周已決定跟隨她的以前助手索耶(九月已離紐約)的腳步辭職。
2. The worker is pushing the distaff.
   工人們正在推卷線桿。

dis.taff

n.（名詞）

A staff that holds on its cleft end the unspun flax, wool, or tow from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
（手工）紡紗桿：在桿的開裂的一端夾有未紡的亞麻、羊毛或絲束，手轉動木桿，線從中紡出
An attachment for a spinning wheel that serves this purpose.
手紡車附件：為能達到上面紡紗目的的手紡車的附屬裝置
Work and concerns traditionally considered important to women.
女紅：傳統(tǒng)上認為女子重要的工作或女子關心的事
Women considered as a group.
女性的總稱：被認為是一群女人

來源：
Middle English distaf
中古英語 distaf
from Old English distôf
源自 古英語 distôf
dis- [bunch of flax]
dis- [一束亞麻]
stôf [staff]
stôf [棍棒，桿，杖]