gaff
gaff 英 [gæf] 美 [ɡæf]
n. 鱼叉；斜桁；低级娱乐场所 vt. 用鱼叉捉；用鱼钩拖上来；欺骗 vi. 赌博
进行时:gaffing 过去式:gaffed 过去分词:gaffed 第三人称单数:gaffs 名词复数:gaffs
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- n. 鱼叉；斜桁；低级娱乐场所
- vt. 用鱼叉捉；用鱼钩拖上来；欺骗
- vi. 赌博
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1. Here’s another gaff-rigged schooner that is using a topsail and several flying jibs.
这是另一种斜桁帆多桅帆船，带有一面顶帆和多面船首桅帆。
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2. The gaff rig is not as efficient as the Bermuda rig, and the rig is more complicated and requires more crew for sail handling.
斜桁帆不如百慕大帆有效率，这种结构也更加复杂，需要更多水手来操控。
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3. While some modern schooners may use triangular, Bermuda-like sails on one of both masts, traditional schooners like the one shown here have gaff-rigged sails.
尽管有些现代多桅帆船可能会在两根桅杆上都使用百慕大式的三角帆，传统的多桅帆船（像图上的这一艘）使用的都是斜桁帆。
- gaff (n.1) "iron hook," c. 1300, gaffe, from Old French gaffe "boat hook" (see gaffe). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s. As a type of spar from 1769. Related: gaff-hook.
- gaff (n.2) "talk," 1812, in phrase blow the gaff "spill a secret," of uncertain origin. OED points out Old English gafspræc "blasphemous or ribald speech," and Scottish gaff "loud, rude talk" (by 1825). Compare gaffe.
- gaff (n.3) "cheap music hall or theater; place of amusement for the lowest classes," 1812, British slang, earlier "a fair" (1753), of unknown origin.
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