英语单词短语词组“skysail”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

skysail

noun[C]

sailingspecialized

/ˈskaɪ.seɪl/us

/ˈskaɪ.seɪl/

asailthat is usually thetopsailon amast(= atallpole)on asailingboat:

天帆

A skysail is theuppermostsailin manyoldsquare-riggedships, though sometimestoppedby a moonraker.天帆是许多老式方帆船的最上层帆，不过有时上面还会有一面月帆。

More examples

Mostshipownersconsideredskysails moreornamentalthanuseful.
The Portsmouth-built Noonday had only one skysail, on her mainmast.
Fewshipscarriedskysails in the 1920s.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of ships & boats

abaft
bilge water
boathook
boiler room
bowline
bulkhead
cleat
cockpit
couchette
escape hatch
keel
mast
paddle
spar
stem
sun deck
superstructure
topsail
waterline
wheelhouse

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(Definition ofskysailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskysail

skysail

On deck the men were sheeting home the skysails.

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Her upper spars were on the same scale, tapering away through topmast, topgallant-mast, royal andskysail-masts, until they fined away into slender wands.

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But the skysails "stayed put" and indeed every bit of rag was doing noble duty.

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A dozen hands were aloft furling the skysails and royals.

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The part of the topgallantmast above the topgallant-rigging is called the royal-mast or royal-pole, and the continuation above the royal-rigging, if any, is theskysail-pole.

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But we now let out our skysails and came down on her rapidly.

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We had run into the southeast trade and were reaching along to the southward under skysails.

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She was two thousand tons, clipper, and with skysails.

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A sliding shutter overhead was thrown back, when on the wind, to allow the helmsman a sight of the weather cloth of the mizzenskysail.

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Thus, the lowest sail is the course, the next is the topsail, the next the topgallantsail, the next the royal and the highest of all is theskysail.

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A slight dew began to settle as the watch wore on and presently a sound aloft of the flapping of askysailstarted us to attention.

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They deemed the breaking of that slender, elevated, unbraced mast the natural result of the order which the commander gave to set theskysail, going as the vessel then was.

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In all of the lore of cutting canvas for sails, and we made a set of skysails on the voyage, the mate was a past master.

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For the next three days we went along merrily to the northward, the beginning of the southeast trade behind us, and our skysails drawing full overhead.

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单词	skysail
释义	skysail noun[C] sailingspecialized uk /ˈskaɪ.seɪl/us /ˈskaɪ.seɪl/ asailthat is usually thetopsailon amast(= atallpole)on asailingboat: 天帆 A skysail is theuppermostsailin manyoldsquare-riggedships, though sometimestoppedby a moonraker.天帆是许多老式方帆船的最上层帆，不过有时上面还会有一面月帆。 More examples Mostshipownersconsideredskysails moreornamentalthanuseful. The Portsmouth-built Noonday had only one skysail, on her mainmast. Fewshipscarriedskysails in the 1920s. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Parts of ships & boats abaft bilge water boathook boiler room bowline bulkhead cleat cockpit couchette escape hatch keel mast paddle spar stem sun deck superstructure topsail waterline wheelhouse See more results » (Definition ofskysailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofskysail skysail On deck the men were sheeting home the skysails. FromProject Gutenberg Her upper spars were on the same scale, tapering away through topmast, topgallant-mast, royal andskysail-masts, until they fined away into slender wands. FromProject Gutenberg But the skysails "stayed put" and indeed every bit of rag was doing noble duty. FromProject Gutenberg A dozen hands were aloft furling the skysails and royals. FromProject Gutenberg The part of the topgallantmast above the topgallant-rigging is called the royal-mast or royal-pole, and the continuation above the royal-rigging, if any, is theskysail-pole. FromProject Gutenberg But we now let out our skysails and came down on her rapidly. FromProject Gutenberg We had run into the southeast trade and were reaching along to the southward under skysails. FromProject Gutenberg She was two thousand tons, clipper, and with skysails. FromProject Gutenberg A sliding shutter overhead was thrown back, when on the wind, to allow the helmsman a sight of the weather cloth of the mizzenskysail. FromProject Gutenberg Thus, the lowest sail is the course, the next is the topsail, the next the topgallantsail, the next the royal and the highest of all is theskysail. FromProject Gutenberg A slight dew began to settle as the watch wore on and presently a sound aloft of the flapping of askysailstarted us to attention. FromProject Gutenberg They deemed the breaking of that slender, elevated, unbraced mast the natural result of the order which the commander gave to set theskysail, going as the vessel then was. FromProject Gutenberg In all of the lore of cutting canvas for sails, and we made a set of skysails on the voyage, the mate was a past master. FromProject Gutenberg For the next three days we went along merrily to the northward, the beginning of the southeast trade behind us, and our skysails drawing full overhead. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/skysail##
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