foresail meaning in English
n.
【航海】(横帆船的)前桅帆。
Examples
- We can patch up the main and mizzen . foresail ' s gone , so we ' ii bend our spare
我们可以修好主桅以及后桅前桅的大帆也不能用了，我们只好用备用的 - Her two masts leaned a trifle backward ; she carried brigantine , foresail , storm - jib and standing - jib , and was well rigged for running before the wind ; and she seemed capable of brisk speed , which , indeed , she had already proved by gaining several prizes in pilot - boat races
船上有两只稍向后倾的大帆，此外还有后樯梯形帆，前中帆，前樯三角帆，外前帆和顶帆。唐卡德尔号在顺风的时候可以利用这一套应有尽有的设备。 - Rigging and fitting my mast and sails ; for i finish d them very compleat , making a small stay , and a sail , or foresail to it , to assist , if we should turn to windward ; and which was more than all , i fix d a rudder to the stern of her , to steer with ; and though i was but a bungling shipwright , yet as i knew the usefulness , and even necessity of such a thing , i apply d my self with so much pains to do it , that at last i brought it to pass ; though considering the many dull contrivances i had for it that sail d , i think it cost me almost as much labour as making the boat
他当然是个划船的好手，可是对使用帆和舵却一窍不通。他见我用手掌舵，驾着小舟在海上往来自如，又见那船帆随着船行方向的变化，一会儿这边灌满了风，一会儿那边灌满了风，不禁大为惊讶-简直惊讶得有点发呆了。可是，不久我就教会了他使用舵和帆，很快他就能熟练驾驶，成了一个出色的水手。