转帆索 meaning in English
counterbrace
Examples
- Hands to braces
转帆索准备！ - Man the braces
转帆索准备！ - 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。 - With one hand i caught the jib - boom , while my foot was lodged between the stay and the brace ; and as i still clung there panting , a dull blow told me that the schooner had charged down upon and struck the coracle , and that i was left without retreat on the hispaniola
我一只手攀住三角帆，一只脚夹在绳索和转帆索的缝隙中。就在我提心吊胆悬在那里的时候，一下不易被察觉的撞击提醒我：大船已把小艇撞沉了。