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单词 topsail
释义
topsail
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɒp.seɪl/us
/ˈtɑːp.seɪl/
asailthat is above anothersailon asailingboat:
（三节桅的）中桅帆；（二节桅的）上桅帆
Heclamberedup theriggingtounfurlthe topsails.他爬上索具，展开上桅帆。
Windsblastedtheship, her topsailsrapidlyfillingwithwet,heavysnow.狂风向船扑来，上桅帆瞬间兜满了厚厚的湿雪。
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  • Bothourtopsails gave way by theforceof thegale.
  • Theyclimbedthemasttofreethe topsails.
  • Topsails would be anuisanceand adangerfor acrewof two.
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(Definition oftopsailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftopsail

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She wastopsailschooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.
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They were all pole masted cutters with gafftopsail.
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In early 1976, she was rebuilt and rerigged as a three-mastedtopsailschooner, her original rig.
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She was a three-mastedtopsail-yard schooner, iron framed and with teak skin.
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Traditional fore-and-aft rigs used a four-sided gaff rigged mainsail, sometimes setting a gafftopsailabove it.
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The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and squaretopsail.
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Oddly, the sprit rigged mainsail was often accompanied by a jib and atopsail.
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He later pioneered the use of a jibtopsailto shorten his time-to-market, so as to meet the growing appetite for fresh-caught fish.
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The rigging consisted of a single mast with a square mainsail and atopsail.
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In light wind, a 450sqft m2topsailmay also be raised.
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To conserve fuel (coal) she was also originally rigged as atopsailschooner.
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The lowest square sail was the course, the next sail up the mast was called thetopsail, the next the topgallant sail.
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She was rigged as a barkentine with doubletopsailyards; standing rigging was galvanized charcoal-iron wire.
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A jack-yardtopsailmay also have the aforementioned vertical yard, although this makes for a very largetopsail.
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A fore-and-afttopsailmay be carried above the upper or only spanker, and is called the "gaff sail".
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