yawl meaning in English
n.
船载小艇,舰载杂用船;二桅帆船;小渔船;水雷艇。
vi.,n.
〔方言〕= yowl.
Examples
- About two dozen men flocked down when they see the yawl a - coming , and when the king says
当时有二十来个人聚集在那里,一见小艇开过来,就聚拢过来。 - So they softened down and said it was all right ; and when we got to the village they yawled us ashore
这样,他们就软了下来,说好吧。于是一到那个村子,大轮就派小艇把我们送上了岸。 - But the king was ca m . he says : " if gentlemen kin afford to pay a dollar a mile apiece to be took on and put off in a yawl , a steamboat kin afford to carry em , can t it ?
他说: “要是两位先生愿意每英里路各付一块大洋,由轮船上派一只小艇接送,那大轮就该让他们坐了吧,你们说呢? ” - She sent out her yawl , and we went aboard , and she was from cincinnati ; and when they found we only wanted to go four or five mile they was booming mad , and gave us a cussing , and said they wouldn t land us
它是从辛辛那提开来的。等到他们知道我们只要搭四五英里路就要下船,他们就气坏了,把我们臭骂了一顿,还扬言说到时候不放我们上岸。 - He crept down the bank , watching with all his eyes , slipped into the water , swam three or four strokes and climbed into the skiff that did " yawl " duty at the boat s stern . he laid himself down under the thwarts and waited , panting
他悄悄溜下河堤,睁大眼睛四处张望,然后潜入水中,游了三四下,就爬到船尾那只“突突”待命的小艇上了,躺在坐板下面,气喘吁吁地等着开船。