英语词汇“luff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

luff

(lŭf)

a. The act of sailing closer into the wind.

b. The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.

2. Archaic The fullest part of the bow of a ship.

v. luffed, luff·ing, luffs

v.intr.

1. To steer a sailing vessel closer into the wind, especially with the sails flapping.

2. To flap while losing wind. Used of a sail.

v.tr.

1. To sail closer into the wind during a race so as to prevent (an opponent's boat) from passing on the windward side.

2. To raise or lower (the boom of a crane or derrick).

[Middle English lof, spar holding out the windward tack of a square sail, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]

单词	luff
释义	luff (lŭf) n. 1. a. The act of sailing closer into the wind. b. The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail. 2. Archaic The fullest part of the bow of a ship. v. luffed, luff·ing, luffs v.intr. 1. To steer a sailing vessel closer into the wind, especially with the sails flapping. 2. To flap while losing wind. Used of a sail. v.tr. 1. To sail closer into the wind during a race so as to prevent (an opponent's boat) from passing on the windward side. 2. To raise or lower (the boom of a crane or derrick). [Middle English lof, spar holding out the windward tack of a square sail, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]
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