| 词汇 | starboard-tack |
| 释义 | BETA starboard tackcollocation in Englishmeanings of starboardand tackThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. starboard noun[ U ] uk /ˈstɑː.bəd/ us /ˈstɑːr.bɚd/ the right side of a ship or aircraft as you are ... See more at starboard tack noun uk /tæk/ us /tæk/ a small, sharp nail with a ... See more at tack Examples of starboard tackstarboard tack Flangini formed a line on the starboardtack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the sail is on the port side of the boat you are on starboardtack and vice versa. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the wind is from starboard, the vessel is on starboardtack, and if from port, on port tack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is the point at which the boat is neither on port tack or starboardtack and is headed directly into the wind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To farther explain using this logic, the rules-of-the-road, at sea are that a sailboat on a starboardtack has right-of-way over one on port tack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Except when "head to wind", a boat will be on either port or starboardtack while on any point of sail. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For this purpose, port and starboardtack include any position with the wind to that side, whether moving upwind or downwind. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In a starboardtack the wind is coming in from the rider's starboard (right-hand) side, similar to sailing a boat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Boats generally approach the starting line on starboardtack to maintain right of way over boats on port tack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a distinction between the port tack and the starboardtack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I was on the starboardtack! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With the prevailing trade wind direction being east to east-north-east, this is most frequently down-the-line sailing on starboardtack (wind from right when standing on the beach). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this case the wind is coming over the port side of the boat but you are still on starboardtack because the sail is on the port side. 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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