| 单词 | mast |
| 释义 | mast mast1 —mastless, adj. —mastlike, adj. /mast, mahst/, n. 1. Naut. a. a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast. b. any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast. c. any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar. 2. Also called pillar. the upright support of a jib crane. 3. any upright pole, as a support for an aerial, a post in certain cranes, etc. 4. before the mast, Naut. as an unlicensed sailor: He served several years before the mast. v.t. 5. to provide with a mast or masts. [bef. 900; ME; OE maest; c. G Mast; akin to L malus pole] mast2 /mast, mahst/, n. the fruit of the oak and beech or other forest trees, used as food for hogs and other animals. [bef. 900; ME; OE maest; c. G Mast; akin to MEAT] |
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