catamaran

n. 双体船, 筏

发音

UK /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/
其它
UK /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/
CA /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/
US /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/
CA /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/
US /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/

词形变化

catamarans 复数 catamarans

别名

cattamaran cat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A twin-hulled ship or boat.

    双体船

  2. 2.

    A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

    非正式 废旧 罕用
  3. 3.

    A raft of three pieces of wood lashed together, the middle piece being longer than the others, and serving as a keel on which the rower squats while paddling.

    废旧

    Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘catamarans’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly lashed together, upon which sat two men nearly in a state of nature […] .

  4. 4.

    An old kind of fireship.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

boat

词源

From Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).

来源：wiktionary