flemish

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a. 佛兰德人的;佛兰德的

发音

US /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
其它
UK /ˈflɛmɪʃ/

词形变化

flemishes 复数 flemishes flemished flemishes 三单 flemishing flemishing 现在分词 flemished 过去式 flemished 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Ellipsis of Flemish coil (“a rope that has been arranged into a neat, flat spiral coil”).

    航海 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil.

    及物 航海 交通

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词源

The noun is an ellipsis of Flemish coil, so called because the technique of coiling rope in this manner began with sailors from Flanders. The verb is from Flemish (“of or relating to Flanders”, adjective), from Flemish coil.

来源:wiktionary