| 释义 |
▪ I. ran|ræn|
[Of unknown origin.]
1. A certain length of twine (see quots.).
1794Rigging & Seamanship 56 Ran, twenty cords of twine, wound on a reel, and every cord so parted by a knot as to be easily separated. 1880Plain Hints Needlework 104 For netting, the ordinary common twine runs three-quarters of a pound to a ‘ran’.
2. dial. A certain width of a net (see quot.).
1887Kent. Gloss., Ran, a Folkestone herring net, which is about thirty yards long, is made four rans deep; and there are sixty meshes to a ran.
▪ II. ran
pa. tense and obs. pa. pple. of run v.
▪ III. ran
Sc. variant of rawn, roe. |