释义 |
reef2/ri:f/ n. & v. Naut. 【海】 ●n. each of several strips across a sail, for taking it in or rolling it up to reduce the surface area in a high wind 缩帆部(帆的收缩部分) ●v. tr. 1 take in a reef or reefs of (a sail) 缩(帆),收(帆) 2 shorten (a topmast or a bowsprit) 缩(桅),收进(艏斜桅) [Middle English riff, refe via Dutch reef, rif from Old Norse rif RIB, in the same sense: cf. REEF1] |