luff

畅通词汇

英 [lʌf] 美[lʌf]

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释义

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.

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.

英英释意

1. sailing close to the wind

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