| 释义 |
‖ tarada|taˈraːda|
[ad. Arab. tarrāda cruiser, swift war canoe.]
A canoe used by the Marsh Arabs of Iraq.
1960G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water i. vi. 75 We spent the better part of those two months [in Southern Iraq] squatting cross-legged in the bottom of a tarada or war canoe. 1964W. Thesiger Marsh Arabs iii. 23 The top part of the ribs was..studded with five rows of flat, round nail-heads two inches across. These decorative nails were the distinguishing mark of a tarada..which only a sheikh may own. Years later, in Oslo, I saw the Viking ships preserved there and was at once reminded of the taradas in the Marshes. 1974Blackw. Mag. Oct. 341/1 There is a bigger canoe called a tarada, graceful and swift, with a fine upswept prow. |