bowsprit

n. 船首斜桁

发音

US /ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

词形变化

bowsprits 复数 bowsprits

别名

bolesprit boltsprit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.

    船首斜桅

    艏斜桅

    航海 交通

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

spar

相关短语

reefing bowsprit

词源

First attested in late 13th century. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German bochspret, from boch (“bow of a ship”) + spret (“pole”) (related to Old English spreot and English sprout).

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