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fore-topsail

/fohr-top-seyl, fawr-; Nautical fohr-top-suhl, fawr-/US // ˌfoʊrˈtɒpˌseɪl, ˌfɔr-; Nautical ˌfoʊrˈtɒp səl, ˌfɔr- //UK // (fɔːˈtɒpˌseɪl, nautical fɔːˈtɒpsəl) //

前顶帆,前顶篷,前顶棚帆,前顶棚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a topsail set on 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.