shaft

1.a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

2.an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

his parting shot was `drop dead'

3.a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

4.a column of light (as from a beacon)

5.the main (mid) section of a long bone

6.obscene terms for penis

7.a long pointed rod used as a weapon

8.a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

9.(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

10. a vertical passage into a mine

11. a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

12. the hollow shaft of a feather

1.equip with a shaft

2.defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

1.The boss really gave Wally the shaft.

老板确实是欺骗了书利。

2.Somebody always gives me the shaft.

有人总是冷落我。

3.She gave him the shaft after he broke their date last weekend.

他上周末失约后, 她就跟他吹了。