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单词 clew
释义

clew

/kluː/
1
the lower or after corner of a sail
帆下角; 靠船后部的帆角。
2

clews

Nautical the cords by which a hammock is suspended
【航海】缚吊床的绳索。
2.1

clew

a ball of thread (used especially with reference to the thread supposedly used by Theseus to mark his way out of the Cretan labyrinth)
(尤指传说中忒修斯走出克里特岛迷宫时用来做路标的)线团。
3
archaic variant of CLUE.
〈古〉同CLUE.
with obj.(clew a sail up)
1
Sailing draw the lower ends of a sail to the upper yard or the mast ready for furling
【航海】扯(帆)上桁。
1.1

clew a sail down

let down a sail by the clews in unfurling
扯(帆)下桁。
词源
Old English cliwen, cleowen (denoting a rounded mass, also a ball of thread), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluwen. All senses are also recorded for the form CLUE.
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