Mast



GRE

解释

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• n. 船桅, 旗杆
• ［英］ 船桅, 旗杆 ( a tall spar or now often a hollow metal structure, used to support the sails, and radio equipment, etc; any vertical pole, as in a crane or derrick)
• ［例］ The heavy winds cracked the ship's mast.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English m?st; akin to Old High German mast mast, Latin malus
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a long pole or spar rising from the keel or deck of a ship and supporting the yards, booms, and rigging
• 2. a slender vertical or nearly vertical structure (as an upright post in various cranes)
• 3. a disciplinary proceeding at which the commanding officer of a naval unit hears and disposes of cases against enlisted men — called also captain's mast
• ? masted adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1513
• to furnish with a mast

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English m?st; akin to Old High German mast food, mast, and probably to Old English mete food — more at meat
• Date: before 12th century
• nuts (as acorns) accumulated on the forest floor and often serving as food for animals

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