| 单词 | standing block | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding block  C1.   Nautical. As a modifier, in the names of various ropes and equipment that are fixed in place or are part of the standing rigging (standing rigging n. at  Compounds 2), as in  standing backstay,  standing block,  standing bowsprit,  standing lift,  standing ropes, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > 			[adjective]		 > fixed (of rigging) standing1581 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > 			[noun]		 > fixed rigging standing block1791 1581    Agreement conc. Galleon in  E. G. R. Taylor Troublesome Voy. Capt. E. Fenton 		(1959)	  i. xiii. 21  				Standing tackle & runnyng roapes, pulleys, shyvers,..bootes, toppes. 1642    H. Bond Boate Swaines Art 3  				2 Lanniards of the Spritsaile standing Lifts. 1644    H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. (at cited word)  				Standing roapes, are counted all those roapes..which are not used to be removed, or to run in any blocks. 1745    Observ. conc. Navy 64  				Every Ship should have her standing Masts constantly in and rigg'd, with her Booms and Stores aboard, sufficient to compleat her other Rigging. 1791    J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §127  				We fixed the standing block to the stern timbers of our vessel,..bringing the chain along the deck to the moveable purchase block. 1846    A. Young Naut. Dict. 25  				Ropes extended from the..mast heads, to the after part of each channel for the support of these masts. They are distinguished by the name of Standing-Backstays. 1867    W. H. Smyth  & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.  				Standing Bowsprit, one that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. 1874    F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 170  				Sling a dipping lug 1/	3 from the foremost yard arm; standing lug 1/	4. 1996    J. R. King Remaking World 39  				The rake and taper of the masts,..the dimension of standing ropes. 1997    Classic Boat May 52/1 		(caption)	  				The rig had a masthead jib and a standing backstay to the archboard of the counter stern. < as lemmas | 
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