brail

n. 卷帆索, 抄网 vt. 用卷帆索卷, 用抄网捞

发音

/bɹeɪl/

词形变化

brails 复数 brails brailed brailing brails 三单 brailing 现在分词 brailed 过去式 brailed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small rope used to truss up sails.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

    体育
  3. 3.

    A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

  4. 4.

    A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.

    艺术
  5. 5.

    The feathers around a hawk's rump.

    复数形式
v.
  1. 1.

    To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

rope net
动词

上位词 3

fish furl roll up

相关短语

throat brail

词源

From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).

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