| 单词 | mast |
| 释义 | mast 1. n. & v. --n 1. a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. to support sails. 2. a post or lattice-work upright for supporting a radio or television aerial. 3. a flag-pole (half-mast). 4. (in full mooring-mast) a strong steel tower to the top of which an airship can be moored. --vtr. furnish (a ship) with masts. Phrases and idioms before the mast serving as an ordinary seaman (quartered in the forecastle). Derivatives masted adj. (also in comb.). master n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE m{aelig}st f. WG 2. n. the fruit of the beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest-trees, esp. as food for pigs. Etymology: OE m{aelig}st f. WG, prob. rel. to MEAT |
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