bitt
bitt — 名詞
1. a short, sturdy post on a ship's deck or at a dock, around which ropes are wound
繫船柱
船上或碼頭固定纜繩的短柱
a short, sturdy post on a ship's deck or at a dock, around which ropes are wound to keep a boat from drifting away
The sailor wrapped the thick rope around the bitt on the foredeck.
水手將粗繩繞在前甲板的繫船柱上。
collocation: wrap around a bitt
Each bitt on the dock can hold the mooring lines of a large fishing boat.
碼頭上的每一根繫船柱都能固定大型漁船的纜繩。
Chiara checked that the line was tight around the bitt before leaving the pier.
Chiara 在離開碼頭前仔細檢查了繫船柱上的繩索是否拉緊。
The old wooden bitt on the wharf was worn smooth by years of use.
碼頭那根老舊的木製繫船柱經過多年使用已磨得光滑。
Folake tied the bow line to a steel bitt near the gangway.
Folake 將船首纜繩繫在舷梯旁的一根鋼製繫船柱上。
- bollard
bollard is broader — used for any short post on a dock or street; bitt is specifically a deck or dock post for mooring ropes
- cleat
a cleat has two projecting ends shaped like an anvil and is smaller; a bitt is a single thick post
- mooring post
a general term for any post used to secure a boat; bitt is the more precise nautical term
用法筆記
This term belongs to nautical vocabulary and is rarely used outside of shipping or boating contexts.
bitt — 動詞
- bittpresent simple I / you / we / they
- bitts3rd person singular
- bitting-ing form
- bittedpast simple
1. to wind a rope or cable around a bitt so that it is held firmly in position and
繫纜
將纜繩繞在繫船柱上固定
to wind a rope or cable around a bitt so that it is held firmly in position and will not slide loose
The crew learned how to bitt the mooring cable in under a minute.
船員學會了如何在一分鐘內將纜繩繫在船柱上。
transitive: bitt + direct object (the mooring cable)
Karim showed the new sailors how to bitt a line properly before leaving port.
Karim 在離港前向新手水手示範如何正確地將繩索繞柱繫緊。
With a storm coming, they bitted each rope twice for extra safety.
暴風雨將至,他們將每條繩索都繞了兩圈以確保安全。
The first mate asked Trang to bitt the stern cable before the ferry arrived.
大副請 Trang 在渡輪抵達前將船尾纜繩繫在船柱上。
- cast off
to untie and release mooring lines, the opposite of securing them to a bitt
文法句型
bitt + noun phrase (the rope / the cable / the line)
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in nautical contexts. The object is typically a mooring cable, tow line, or docking rope. The past tense is 'bitted'.