bitt

bitt — 名詞

1. a short, sturdy post on a ship's deck or at a dock, around which ropes are wound

1.名詞C1
釋義

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

例句

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。

常見搭配
  • mooring bitt
  • tie to a bitt
  • wrap around a bitt
  • bitt on the deck
  • bitt on the wharf
同義詞
  • 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

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