mast
英[mɑ?st]
美[m?st]
- n. 桅桿；柱；橡樹果實
- vt. 在…上裝桅桿
- n. (Mast)人名；(德、英、法、西、芬)馬斯特
詞態變化
復數:?masts;
中文詞源
mast 桅桿
來自古英語maest,來自Proto-Germanic*mastaz,來自PIE*mazdo,竿，桿，詞源同masturbate.引申詞義船桅，桅桿。
英文詞源
- mast (n.1)
- "long pole on a ship to support the sail," Old English m?st, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (cognates: Old Norse mastr, Middle Dutch maste, Dutch, Danish mast, German Mast), from PIE *mazdo- "a pole, rod" (cognates: Latin malus "mast," Old Irish matan "club," Irish maide "a stick," Old Church Slavonic mostu "bridge"). The single mast of an old ship was the boundary between quarters of officers and crew, hence before the mast in the title of Dana's book, etc.
- mast (n.2)
- "fallen nuts; food for swine," Old English m?st, from Proto-Germanic *masto (cognates: Dutch, Old High German, German mast "mast;" Old English verb m?sten "to fatten, feed"), perhaps from PIE *mad-sta-, from root *mad- "moist, wet," also used of various qualities of food (cognates: Sanskrit madati "it bubbles, gladdens," medah "fat, marrow;" Latin madere "be sodden, be drunk;" Middle Persian mast "drunk;" Old English mete "food," Old High German muos "meal, mushlike food," Gothic mats "food").
雙語例句
- 1. He has nailed his colours firmly to Mr Dobson's mast.
- 他表示堅決支持多布森先生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mr Kennedy nailed his colours to the mast of the single currency.
- 肯尼迪先生表示支持單一貨幣制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's your turn to nail your colours to the mast.
- 該你闡述你的觀點了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Flags are flying at half - mast across China.
- 全中國將半旗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The sails were flapping against the mast.
- 帆拍打著桅桿.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》