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catboat

/kat-boht/US // ˈkætˌboʊt //UK // (ˈkætˌbəʊt) //

猫船,猫咪船,猫艇,猫咪之船

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a boat having one mast set well forward with a single large sail.

Examples

  • Why, he has sailed that big catboat of his up and down along this coast for the last twenty years and more, that and other boats.

  • So I took the shirt and waved it by its sleeves, and the catboat began another short tack.

  • I remember a few years ago when one could not find "undershirt" or "catboat" in the dictionary.

  • The mainsail was soon hoisted, and the catboat moved slowly out of the bay.

  • He must have destroyed the usefulness of the catboat and thus estopped the flight of the fugitives by that means.