| 单词 | capstan |
| 释义 | capstan (once / 6836 pages) n WORD FAMILY capstan: capstans USAGE EXAMPLESFour husky sailors in blue jackets and bright kerchiefs had hurried forward to man the capstan bars. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) Giant microphones, vacuum tubes, capstans, switches, rheostats and broadcast towers erupted around you in a circular photomural 67 feet in diameter. New York Times(Jun 25, 2014) Paul Poston of Capstan Drive died at a hospital Monday after being injured about 1:40 a.m. Washington Post(May 29, 2014) n a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails Hyper winch, windlass lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds |
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