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fore-topmast

/fawr-top-mast, -mahst, fohr-; Nautical fawr-top-muhst, fohr-/US // ˌfɔrˈtɒpˌmæst, -ˌmɑst, ˌfoʊr-; Nautical ˌfɔrˈtɒp məst, ˌfoʊr- //UK // (fɔːˈtɒpˌmɑːst, nautical fɔːˈtɒpməst) //

前桅杆,前桅,前顶桅,前桅桅杆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the spar or section of a pole mast serving as the topmast of a foremast on a ship.

Examples

  • Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.

  • In talking to experts in the field, only a few women immediately came to the fore.

  • Usually, though, old-fashioned Liberalism is very much at the fore in Puck.

  • The fore and aft have beautiful decks carved into them, and windows from various rooms too: it looks like a floating Apple device.

  • But this is the sort of mentality that comes to the fore in a bubble.

  • His drill-like nose, his powerful fore-legs and big, strong feet all served to make him the fastest digger in Pleasant Valley.

  • If we hustle right smart we can get a pen done 'fore dark, let alone gettin' them cattle into a shed.

  • With what honest pride did John Smith, the best farmer of them all, step to the fore and assign to each man his place!

  • With his head between his fore-paws and one eye closed, he watches the tiny tongue of flame licking up the last coal.

  • The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.