单词 | luff |
释义 | luff[lʌf]n. 逆风航行, 纵帆前缘, 船首弯曲部vt. 将船首朝上风vi. 驶出上风 luff luff AHD: [l¾f] D.J. [lJf]K.K. [lJf]n.(名词)1. Nautical 【航海】 2. The act of sailing closer into the wind.抢风行驶:向风里驶得更近的行动3. The forward side of a fore-and-aft sail.纵帆前缘:纵帆的前面部分4. Archaic The fullest part of the bow of a ship.【古语】 (古)船首弯曲的部分v.(动词) luffed,luff.ing,luffs v.intr.Nautical (不及物动词)【航海】 1. To steer a sailing vessel closer into the wind, especially with the sails flapping.抢风驶帆:把船航向更接近风里,尤指船帆同时张开2. To flap while losing wind. Used of a sail.无风张帆:无风时张帆。用于航海v.tr.(及物动词)1. Nautical To sail (a vessel, such as a yacht) closer into the wind during a race so as to prevent an opponent's craft from passing on the windward side.【航海】 抢到对手的上风那一边:在赛艇时把(船只,比如游艇)驶向上风方向以避免对手的船驶到顺风边上2. To raise or lower (the boom of a crane or derrick).升降:使起重机的吊臂上升或下降语源:1. Middle English lof [spar holding out the windward tack of a square sail] 中古英语 lof [阻止横帆顺风抢风行驶的桅杆] 2. from Old French 源自 古法语 3. [probably of Germanic origin] [可能源于日耳曼语] |
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