luff
英[lʌf]
美[lʌf]
- n. 船首弯曲部；逆风航行；纵帆前缘
- vt. 将船首朝上风
- vi. 转船首迎风行驶；驶出上风
- n. (Luff)人名；(英)勒夫；(德)卢夫
词态变化
第三人称单数: luffs;过去式: luffed;过去分词: luffed;现在分词: luffing;
中文词源
luff 风帆，转舵
来自PIE*lep,平的，展开，词源同loof,glove,flat.引申词义风帆，转舵。
英文词源
- luff
- luff: see aloof
- luff (n.)
- c. 1200, in sailing, from Old French lof "spar," or some other nautical device, "point of sail," also "windward side," probably from Germanic (compare Middle Dutch lof "windward side of a ship" (Dutch loef), which might also be the direct source of the English word), from Proto-Germanic *lofo (cognates: Old Norse lofi, Gothic lofa "palm of the hand," Danish lab, Swedish labb "paw"), from PIE *lep- "to be flat" (see glove). As a verb from late 14c., from the noun.
双语例句
- 1. No heavy leading edge causing the kite to luff.
- 没有重的前沿导致风筝对逆风行驶.
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- 2. Behind Luff has soccer association president after all the tribulus prosperous uneven standard support.
- 毕竟勒夫背后有足协主席茨旺齐格支持.
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