英语词汇“foremast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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foremast

释义

foremast|ˈfɔəmɑːst, -æ-|
[f. fore- prefix (and fore prep.) + mast.]
1. The forward lower-mast in all vessels.
1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's E. Ind. ix. 25 b, The tacklings of their formast.1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Ostay, a cord that goeth from the boltsprit to the saile of the foremast.1697W. Dampier Voy. I. xvi. 452 The fury of the Wind..snapt off the Boltsprit and Fore-mast both at once.1719De Foe Crusoe i. i, The Mate and Boat⁓swain begg'd the Master of our Ship to let them cut away the Fore-mast.1848W. Irving Columbus I. 240 The latter..from the weakness of her foremast, could not hold the wind.
2. ? The station of being ‘before the mast’; only attrib., as foremast man, seaman, a sailor below the rank of a petty officer; hence quasi-adj., characteristic of a foremast man.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 6 The Younkers are the yong men called Foremast men.1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4366/3 Eighty of the Foremast-Men belonging to the Jersey were..order'd to be discharg'd.1793Smeaton Edystone L. §163 In the light of a foremast seaman, he appeared to be quite a Genius.1823Byron Island ii. xx, His foremast air, and somewhat rolling gait..spoke his former state.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 303 He was inferior in seamanship to every foremast man on board.

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