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bowsprit

/bou-sprit, boh-/US // ˈbaʊ sprɪt, ˈboʊ- //UK // (ˈbəʊsprɪt) //

弓形桅杆,弓箭手,船头堡,船头篙

Related Words

nose鼻子,鼻腔,鼻部,鼻腔内head头,头部,头颅,头头prow鞭策,鞭打,鞭笞,鞭炮声fore前端,前列,前面,前述stem茎,干,茎部,茎干beak喙,鸟嘴,喙喙,鸟喙forepart前段,前部,前端,前段时期

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : a spar projecting from the upper end of the bow of a sailing vessel, for holding the tacks of various jibs or stays and often supporting a jib boom.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbow
Synonyms
nose鼻子,鼻腔,鼻部,鼻腔内beak喙,鸟嘴,喙喙,鸟喙fore前端,前列,前面,前述forepart前段,前部,前端,前段时期head头,头部,头颅,头头prow鞭策,鞭打,鞭笞,鞭炮声stem茎,干,茎部,茎干
as inprow
Synonyms
fore前端,前列,前面,前述head头,头部,头颅,头头stem茎,干,茎部,茎干

Examples

  • The bowsprit of the Guerriere caught fast in the rigging of the Constitution, and the sailors on both ships tried to board.

  • Her bowsprit and masts were nearly all cut away, and out of more than a hundred men only fourteen were unhurt.

  • They'd got a kind of fore-shortening out of the bowsprit, and another set of canvas partly up that was dirty and patched.

  • A few wretches alone clung desperately to the forepart of the ship and the stump of the bowsprit.

  • The studding-sails were rigged out, and various strange-shaped sails were set between the masts and above and below the bowsprit.

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