ratline

n. 横索的梯绳

发音

其它 /ˈɹætlɪn/

词形变化

ratlines 复数 ratlines

别名

ratling rattling ratlin rattlin rattline

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rope or similar material used to make cross-ropes on a ship.

    不可数 航海 交通
  2. 2.

    Any of the cross ropes between the shrouds, which form a net-like ropework, allowing sailors to climb up towards the top of the mast.

    绳梯

    航海 交通

    [H]e laid hold of the first ratline with his right hand, then sprung to the second, with his left, and so on alternately, right and left, up to the last, close to the futtock shrouds.

  3. 3.

    A system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II.

    老鼠线

    历史

词汇关系

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词源

Apparently a corruption of raddling by folk-etymological reanalysis as rat + line.

来源:wiktionary