| 单词 | right-hand rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright-hand rope right-hand rope n. rope made by twisting the strands in a clockwise direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > laid to the right right-handed rope1832 right-hand rope1841 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 34 Right-hand rope must be coiled with the sun. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Right-Hand Rope, that which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand. 1941 T. A. H. Peacocke Mountaineering ii. 22 Another way of distinguishing the right-hand or left-hand rope is to view it from the end. The right-hand rope has a clockwise twist and the left hand anti-clockwise. 2005 Code of Safety for Fishermen & Fishing Vessels (Internat. Maritime Organization) 108 Kinks in ropes should always be taken out by correct coiling—right-hand coiling for a right-hand rope. < as lemmas |
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