windlass
美音:
[´wındləs
]英音:
[´wındləs
]adj.卷扬机,辘轳,绞盘 vt.用绞盘吊起
难易程度:
windlass为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:windlassed 过去分词:windlassed 现在分词:windlassing 第三人称单数:windlasses
windlass
/'wɪndləs; `wɪndləs/
n device for pulling or lifting things (eg a bucket of water from a well) by means of a rope or chain that winds round a horizontal axle; winch 绞车; 辘轳; 卷扬机.
windlass
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse;Origin: vindass, from vinda 'to wind' + ass 'pole']
a machine for pulling or lifting heavy objects