| 单词 | half watch tackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf watch tackle half watch tackle n. Nautical (now historical and rare) a purchase (purchase n. 16) composed of a double and a single pulley block; cf. luff-tackle n. Π 1839 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. xiii. 260 A luff tackle or half watch tackle consists of one double and one single block. 1892 T. Potts Sunderland x. 179 The cables were of rope, and a boy had to hold on with the half watch tackle. 1966 Amer. Neptune 26 70 (table) 2 Half watch Tackle falls. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。