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单词 brig
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brig1

noun brɪɡbrɪɡ
  • 1A two-masted square-rigged ship, typically having an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast.

    双桅横帆船

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All day and night the good brig Quedagh Merchant bobbed and weaved through the winter's stormy blast.
    • The line to be captured totaled almost 40 kilometers in length, which was in excess of the combat capabilities of two brigs.
    • The captain of the brig listened attentively.
    • Sixteen were barques and brigs engaged in foreign trade.
    • Several men boarded the brig Geddes, at anchor in the Chester River.
    • We sailed out after the brig.
    • The final fifteen men survived for another five days until their rescue by the Argus brig, a ship in the Medusa convoy.
    • This two-masted 225 ton wooden brig, built in 1840, also was the victim of gale-force winds.
    • ‘A brig has sailed from here,’ says a letter from Ibiza.
    • He arrived in South Australia on his own ship, the brig New Holland.
    • She must have been taken from the retrieval ship directly to the brig.
    • One tremendously successful ship design was the two-masted brig of war.
    • The local fishing caravels and brigs appeared small and insignificant, overshadowed by the tall ships.
    • The captain and his crew on the brig Elizabeth exchanged a cargo of flax for transport to Akaroa.
    • A year later a group of American sealers arrived aboard the brig Union.
    • Drastic measures were clearly needed to prevent these disasters and two small brigs were made ready.
    • ‘Diary of a Ship’ is 11 minutes following the Lady Washington, the brig that ‘played’ the Interceptor.
    • Back they went to Sydney to find another ship, this time on the brig Elizabeth.
  • 2informal A prison, especially on a warship.

    〈非正式〉(尤指军舰上的)禁闭室

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back talk again, and you will be clamped in irons and thrown in the brig until we get to the next port.
    • Then you'll find yourselves in the brig awaiting trial, young man.
    • I'm pretty sure they could sell that information for something juicy in the brig.
    • I shuddered, thinking of my own vacation in the brig.
    • They entered the brig and locked the door behind them.
    • I've seen my fair share of brigs and prisons and I've seen them on both sides of the wall.
    • Instead, he simply said, ‘You enjoyed your stay in the brig?’
    • The Army doesn't send all refuseniks to the brig.
    • He wouldn't tell me what he had done to deserve to be locked in the brig.
    • ‘Do not make me lock you up in the brig again,’ he threatened, putting on his boots.
    • Anyone caught dilly dallying will be sent to the brig without question!
    • They picked him up in 2002, locked him away in a military brig, finally brought charges a month ago.
    • You've saved a pirate from the brig, helped him find his hat and now you're talking surgery to him.
    • And YOU need to remember, Nelal, you are a civilian, and I can have you thrown in the brig for such conduct.
    • ‘No good trying to escape me, miss,’ he said and dragged her back down to the brig.
    • Start getting to work or I'll send you all down to the brig!
    • A security team lead the prisoners off to the brig.
    • Escort Mr Spencer to the brig, and make sure Miss Fellows knows what she needs to.
    • After being left in the brig for a few days the captain finally came to retrieve her.
    • Didn't I leave you and yer friends in the brig.

Origin

Early 18th century: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense).

Rhymes

big, dig, fig, gig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, rig, snig, sprig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig

brig2

nounbrɪɡbrɪɡ
Northern English, Scottish
  • A bridge.

    〈苏格兰,北英格兰〉桥

Origin

From Old Norse bryggja.

brig1

nounbriɡbrɪɡ
  • 1A two-masted, square-rigged ship with an additional gaff sail on the mainmast.

    双桅横帆船

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The local fishing caravels and brigs appeared small and insignificant, overshadowed by the tall ships.
    • All day and night the good brig Quedagh Merchant bobbed and weaved through the winter's stormy blast.
    • She must have been taken from the retrieval ship directly to the brig.
    • Back they went to Sydney to find another ship, this time on the brig Elizabeth.
    • This two-masted 225 ton wooden brig, built in 1840, also was the victim of gale-force winds.
    • ‘Diary of a Ship’ is 11 minutes following the Lady Washington, the brig that ‘played’ the Interceptor.
    • A year later a group of American sealers arrived aboard the brig Union.
    • Drastic measures were clearly needed to prevent these disasters and two small brigs were made ready.
    • One tremendously successful ship design was the two-masted brig of war.
    • ‘A brig has sailed from here,’ says a letter from Ibiza.
    • We sailed out after the brig.
    • The line to be captured totaled almost 40 kilometers in length, which was in excess of the combat capabilities of two brigs.
    • The final fifteen men survived for another five days until their rescue by the Argus brig, a ship in the Medusa convoy.
    • The captain of the brig listened attentively.
    • The captain and his crew on the brig Elizabeth exchanged a cargo of flax for transport to Akaroa.
    • He arrived in South Australia on his own ship, the brig New Holland.
    • Sixteen were barques and brigs engaged in foreign trade.
    • Several men boarded the brig Geddes, at anchor in the Chester River.
    1. 1.1informal A prison, especially on a warship.
      〈非正式〉(尤指军舰上的)禁闭室
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then you'll find yourselves in the brig awaiting trial, young man.
      • Escort Mr Spencer to the brig, and make sure Miss Fellows knows what she needs to.
      • Back talk again, and you will be clamped in irons and thrown in the brig until we get to the next port.
      • After being left in the brig for a few days the captain finally came to retrieve her.
      • I've seen my fair share of brigs and prisons and I've seen them on both sides of the wall.
      • Didn't I leave you and yer friends in the brig.
      • ‘Do not make me lock you up in the brig again,’ he threatened, putting on his boots.
      • And YOU need to remember, Nelal, you are a civilian, and I can have you thrown in the brig for such conduct.
      • He wouldn't tell me what he had done to deserve to be locked in the brig.
      • They picked him up in 2002, locked him away in a military brig, finally brought charges a month ago.
      • You've saved a pirate from the brig, helped him find his hat and now you're talking surgery to him.
      • I'm pretty sure they could sell that information for something juicy in the brig.
      • They entered the brig and locked the door behind them.
      • The Army doesn't send all refuseniks to the brig.
      • A security team lead the prisoners off to the brig.
      • ‘No good trying to escape me, miss,’ he said and dragged her back down to the brig.
      • Start getting to work or I'll send you all down to the brig!
      • Instead, he simply said, ‘You enjoyed your stay in the brig?’
      • I shuddered, thinking of my own vacation in the brig.
      • Anyone caught dilly dallying will be sent to the brig without question!

Origin

Early 18th century: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense).

brig2

nounbriɡbrɪɡ
Scottish, Northern English
  • A bridge.

    〈苏格兰,北英格兰〉桥

Origin

From Old Norse bryggja.

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