| 释义 |
mast1/mɑ:st/ n. & v.●n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. to support sails 船桅(木制或铁制，尤以支撑船帆) 2 a post or lattice-work upright for supporting a radio or television aerial 天线杆 3 a flagpole 旗杆 half mast 离杆顶一半的地方 4 (in full 全称 mooring-mast) a strong steel tower to the top of which an airship can be moored (停飞船的)栓柱塔 ●v. tr. furnish (a ship) with masts 给(船)安装桅杆 □ before the mast serving as an ordinary seaman (quartered in the forecastle) 作为普通水手(宿于船首楼内的水手舱) □ masted adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)□ master n.[Old English mœst, from West Germanic] |