sprit 的定义
Nautical.
- a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
更多sprit例句
- She felt sure his sprit approved when she married her lover last year.
- “It goes against the whole sprit of the Constitution,” King says of the effort to undo Obamacare.
- The Story of Anvil, which was voted Best Documentary at the Independent Sprit Awards.
- They had already made a step and sprit, and, with a calico sail hoisted, the frail craft ran before a light breeze.
- The sight of the cross on the bow-sprit delighted the natives and assured the travellers of a hearty welcome.
- I shall rig a new sprit; there's the boat-hook, which will make a very good one; it is just the right length.
- First he repaired the worn-out sail, then made a new sprit, and refitted the tiller to the rudder head.
- The goodwife was stirring the soup, and the goodman plaiting sprit-binnings for the cows.