In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

她手拿捻线竿，手把纺线车。

" Hands never idle--distaff flying, " Dick said lightly.

“手从不闲着——手杖在飞， ” 迪克轻声说。

Another story says that he came to hold the distaff, and at last wore the Nessus shirt.

一个故事说， 他拿线杆， 最后穿上了 Nessus 衬衫。

Meek, mouse-colored donkeys, laden with panniers of freshly cut grass passed by, with a pretty girl in a capaline sitting between the green piles, or an old woman spinning with a distaff as she went.

温顺、鼠色驴子，驮着一筐刚割草从身边经过，一个穿着长袍漂亮女孩坐在绿色草堆之间，或者一个老妇人边走边拿着一根线杖纺线。