forestay

n. 前桅支索

词形变化

forestays 复数 forestays forestays 三单 forestaying 现在分词 forestayed 过去式 forestayed 过去分词

别名

forstay

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship

    航海 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.

    及物
  2. 1.

    To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.

    及物

    It is reasonable to suppose that further research into the complex bio-chemistry of the blood will result in more satisfactory substitutes for plasma than are now available and thereby death may be more easily forestayed.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

stay

下位词 2

mainstay headstay

词源

From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”).

来源：wiktionary