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单词 jibs
释义

jib1 /jib/

noun
  1. A triangular sail stretched in front of the foremast in a ship
  2. The boom of a crane or derrick
  3. The lower lip, the face (dialect)
  4. A jibbing horse
  5. An act of jibbing, a standstill
transitive verb (jibbˈing; jibbed)

To cause to gybe

intransitive verb
  1. (usu with at) to gybe
  2. (of a horse) to balk or shy
  3. To refuse, show objection, boggle
ORIGIN: Origin obscure; perh several different words; cf gibbet and gybe; the j sound precludes connection with Dan gibbe, Du gijpen

jibbˈer noun

A jibbing horse

jib boom noun

A boom or extension of the bowsprit, on which the jib is spread

jib crane noun

A crane with an inclined, pivoted arm fixed to the foot of a rotating vertical post, the upper ends connected by a chain, etc, to allow raising and lowering of the arm

jib sail noun

jib sheet noun

A rope for trimming the jib

the cut of someone's jib (informal)

Someone's appearance

jib2 /jib/ (Scot)

transitive verb
  1. To milk (a cow) dry
  2. To strip
  3. To fleece (obsolete)

jibbˈings plural noun

The last milk drawn from a cow

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