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rigging

/rig-ing/US // ˈrɪg ɪŋ //UK // (ˈrɪɡɪŋ) //

索具,索道

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
    • : lifting or hauling tackle.
    • : Informal. clothing.

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Examples

  • Even if Frank’s analysis were not obvious question-begging, there’s no evidence of any effort to do the sort of rigging that he alleges.

  • Crew members complained about the birds’ “boldness and rapacity,” and a lookout was posted to prevent them from picking apart the ship’s rigging.

  • There were reports of rigging, fraud and the use of violence to influence voting.

  • “People are really upset and motivated by the idea that the wealthy are rigging the game in their favor,” he said.

  • Children have fantasy lives so rich and combustible that rigging them with lies is like putting a propeller on a rocket.

  • And with a history of elections marred by rigging, voters were particularly sensitive and vocal about hints of irregularities.

  • The group is threatening to stage rallies if Shafiq wins—a victory that will undoubtedly bring charges of vote-rigging.

  • They nodded at each other when they met, and the gray man showed him a little ship with rigging that took up and down.

  • But she told them all the helpful things she could about setting up the radio paraphernalia and rigging the wires.

  • The captain immediately went on deck, and Neptune hailed from the fore part of the rigging, "What ship?"

  • The wind whistled terribly through the rigging of the great ships, and the moorings and fenders creaked and grated.

  • Look at Farragut in the Civil War, facing death in the rigging that he might see the enemy!