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coble

/koh-buhl/US // ˈkoʊ bəl //UK // (ˈkəʊbəl, ˈkɒbəl) //

科布尔,科贝尔,柯布林,柯布利

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.

Examples

  • If it were not too late,” I cried with indignation, “I would take the coble and go out to warn them.

  • How boldly he steered the coble across the foaming bar, When the sky was black to the eastward and the breakers white on the scar!

  • Through the foaming seas, which threatened every moment to overwhelm the little coble, they pulled off to the wreck.

  • A rope was bent on to the stern, and the crowd quickly hauled the coble away from the heavy surf into safety.

  • Meanwhile, a coble sails almost peacefully alongside their ill-fated craft.