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单词 furl
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  • And besides, if you let the umbrella down you can furl it and use it for a walking-stick, and instead of being a hindrance it will be a help to you.
  • As soon as the sails were furled, the yards were sent down.
  • He saw her pause before the door of the opposite house, open it with a latchkey, and caught a full view of her profile in the single moment that she turned to furl her umbrella and enter.
  • So we went up and furled all sail, a tedious business when the sails are wet and heavy.
  • Were I on my schooner and had the same storm blown up so suddenly, we should not have had time to furl a sail.

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Even colours were a matter of thoughtful calculation : on one occasion the defeated were allowed to march out with one colour flying and the other furled.
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I would like to examine for a moment the reason he gave for furling his sails.
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We are providing afurlher £30 million for modernising and adapting the offices that remain.
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If you have traded obligations, you have a financial incentive for those who could gofurlher than their minimum objective to do better.
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At this stage and after this important debate there is time forfurlher reflection on all sides.
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The fact is that direct rule goes on in an umbrella relationship, and an umbrella can be wholly or partially erect or wholly or partially furled.
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It is at early stage convex and furled on the slightly churlish edge, and depressed in the centre and later flat, funnel-shaped depressed.
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Due to the weather conditions it was not possible tofurlall the sails.
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Tofurlthe mainsail, the boom is unlocked, and then rotated to take up the desired amount of mainsail, and then locked in place.
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In addition to being used by sailors for reefing and furling sails, it is also one of the key knots of macrame textiles.
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His hair are very well grown and are normally furling in the wind.
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Flags and ensigns are hauled down or furled, and ships' colors are struck to signal a surrender.
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A roll mainsail is furled by being rolled within (or around) the mast or boom.
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The sails, when not deployed,furlinto the mast.
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A rigger worked the running rigging and furled and released sails.
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