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单词 cat's-paw
释义 ˈcat's-paw, v.
[f. prec. n.]
Naut. a. Of the wind: To ruffle slightly and in part the surface of water. b. To make a catspaw in the bight of a rope; to join by a cat's-paw.
1794Rigging & Seamansh. I. 217 A luff-tackle is cats-pawed to the other end of the sheet.1853Kane Grinnell Exp. ix. (1856) 69 The surface of the sea at this time was cat's-pawed as far as could be seen.
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