spanker meaning in English
n.
1.大踏步急走的人；飞跑的马。
2.【造船】后樯纵帆。
3.〔俚语〕极好的东西，了不起的人。
Examples
- Then , as they were just passing the round tower , the young man shouted : " stand by there to lower the topsails and jib ; brail up the spanker !
这时，船正在驶过圆塔，青年就喊道： “注意，准备收主帆，后帆和三角帆！ ” - " that was not enough for those latitudes , " said the englishman ; " i should have taken four reefs in the topsails and furled the spanker .
“在那种纬度的地方这样做是不够的， ”那英国人说道。 “如果是我，我就把顶帆放四隔，把尾帆扯落。 ” - All hands obeyed , and at once the eight or ten seamen who composed the crew , sprang to their respective stations at the spanker brails and outhaul , topsail sheets and halyards , the jib downhaul , and the topsail clewlines and buntlines
船上一共有八个到十个海员，他们有的奔到大帆的索子那里，有的奔到三角帆和主帆的索子那里，有的则去控制转帆索和卷帆索。