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单词 jib
释义 jib
jib1
 /jib/, n. Naut.
  1. any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. Cf. flying jib, inner jib. See diag. under ship.
  2. the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
  3. cut of one's jib, one's general appearance, mien, or manner: I could tell by the cut of his jib that he wasn't the kind of person I'd want to deal with.
  adj.  
  4. of or pertaining to a jib: jib clew.
 [1655-65; orig. uncert.]
jib2
 /jib/, v.i., v.t., jibbed, jibbing, n. Naut.
 jibe1.
 Also, jibb.
jib3
 —jibber,  n.  
 /jib/,  v.  , jibbed, jibbing, n. Chiefly Brit.
  v.i.  
  1. to move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; balk.
  2. to balk at doing something; defer action; procrastinate.
  n.  
  3. a horse or other animal that jibs.
 [1805-15; perh. special use of JIB2]
jib4
 /jib/,  n.  
  1. the projecting arm of a crane.
  2. the boom of a derrick.
 [1755-65; appar. short for GIBBET]
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