| 词汇 | mainmast |
| 释义 | mainmast noun[ C ] sailing specialized(alsomain mast)uk /ˈmeɪn.mɑːst/ us /ˈmeɪn.mæst/ the most important and tallest mast(= a tall pole that supports the sails) on a boat or ship : （船的）主桅 A few days later the ship lost her rudder and mainmast in a gale.几天后，这艘船在大风中失去了舵和主桅。 When building a main mast, shipbuilders choose the tallest, strongest tree they can find.在建造主桅时，造船工人会选择自己能找到的最高、最壮的树。 Compare foremast LEONELLO CALVETTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images /GettyImages No distress message could be sent because the mainmast fell in the explosion, destroying the antennae. With the sun shining on them, the insects became more active, and climbed the mainmast. Norfolk Island was known to possess tall pines suitable for ships' mainmasts and spars. The stay that supports the main mast is called the mainstay. It is crucial to the ship's survival and in each ship there is only one. Parts of ships & boats abaft bilge water boathook boiler room bowline cleat escape hatch keel paddle periscope propeller prow rigging spar steerage stem strop sun deck superstructure topsail Examples of mainmastmainmast Between the foremast and mainmast, a new deckhouse was constructed consisting of the galley and a well-fitted-out laboratory. His ship was heavily battered in the exchange, with the main topgallantmast knocked down and the mainmast and hull severely damaged. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her three-sectioned mainmast rose from deck to truck. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her mast rigging was blown down and her mainmast had to be lowered for safety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Besides the weight, the mainmast was considered to be of limited value. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To save 50 tons of topweight, the mainmast was suppressed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is now permanently spritsail rigged, and has a mainmast and topmast that, together, are about 90 feet high, and a mizzen mast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Two gunpowder-propelled catapults were located on the beam abaft the mainmast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The distinguishing characteristic of a ketch is that the forward of the two masts (the mainmast) is larger than the after mast (the mizzen). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ship is 106ft m long by 25ft m wide, 236 tons displacement, 4 masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen, sprit), and 6 sails. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We could see them up on the mainmast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A platform for another director was added on the mainmast which was converted into a tripod to handle the additional weight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A mainmast added ahead of the aft funnel was still affected by the plume of the fore funnel and was not considered a success. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both the ketch and the yawl differ from the two-masted schooner, whose aft mainmast is taller than the foremast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. |
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