名詞 anvil:

1. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
2. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
   同義詞：incus

1. The scheme is still on the anvil.
   這計劃尚在籌劃中。
2. A square-shanked chisel that fits into a square hole in an anvil.
   方柄鑿一種與鐵砧的方孔相吻合的方形柄鑿
3. The man put the iron block on the anvil.
   那人把鐵塊放在鐵砧上。

an.vil

n.（名詞）
A heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering.
鐵砧：頂端平整光滑用來錘鍛金屬成型的厚重的鋼塊或鐵塊
The fixed jaw in a set of calipers against which an object to be measured is placed.
似鐵砧物：一組卡尺中夾放被測物體的固定腭夾
Anatomy See incus
【解剖學】 參見 incus

來源：
Middle English anfilt
中古英語 anfilt
from Old English * see pel- 5
源自 古英語 *參見 pel- 5