sprit

IPA/sprɪt/
IPA/sprɪt/

sprit — 名詞

  • spritsingular
  • spritsplural

1. A pole on a sailing boat that runs diagonally from the mast to the top outer cor

1.名詞
釋義

斜撐帆杆

帆船上從桅杆斜向撐開帆面的長杆

A pole on a sailing boat that runs diagonally from the mast to the top outer corner of a four-sided sail, keeping the sail spread open to catch the wind.

例句

Hao tightened the sprit with a rope before the wind picked up.

Hao 在起風前用繩索拉緊了斜撐帆杆。

collocation: tighten the sprit

The old wooden sprit snapped in half during the sudden squall.

那根老舊的木製斜撐帆杆在突如其來的暴風中斷成兩截。

sprit + verb: snap / break under force

常見搭配
  • tighten the sprit
  • secure the sprit
  • adjust the sprit
  • the sprit snaps
  • set the sprit
同義詞
  • spar

    a general term for any wooden or metal pole on a sailing boat; a sprit is one specific type of spar

  • gaff

    a spar that also supports a fore-and-aft sail but hangs down from the mast rather than pushing up from below

常見錯誤

The bowsprit holds the sail up from the mast.
The sprit holds the sail up from the mast.
A bowsprit extends forward from the front of the boat, not upward from the mast.

同根字

  • spritsail
    名詞
  • bowsprit
    名詞

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • sprit rig
  • spritsail

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • set the sprit
  • adjust the sprit
  • tighten the sprit

介系詞搭配

  • to the mast
  • across the sail
  • from the mast