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foresail n.【航海】(橫帆船的)前桅帆。

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Rigging and fitting my mast and sails ; for i finish d them very compleat , making a small stay , and a sail , or foresail to it , to assist , if we should turn to windward ; and which was more than all , i fix d a rudder to the stern of her , to steer with ; and though i was but a bungling shipwright , yet as i knew the usefulness , and even necessity of such a thing , i apply d my self with so much pains to do it , that at last i brought it to pass ; though considering the many dull contrivances i had for it that sail d , i think it cost me almost as much labour as making the boat 他當然是個劃船的好手,可是對使用帆和舵卻一竅不通。他見我用手掌舵,駕著小舟在海上往來自如,又見那船帆隨著船行方向的變化,一會兒這邊灌滿了風,一會兒那邊灌滿了風,不禁大為驚訝-簡直驚訝得有點發呆了。可是,不久我就教會了他使用舵和帆,很快他就能熟練駕駛,成了一個出色的水手。

Her two masts leaned a trifle backward ; she carried brigantine , foresail , storm - jib and standing - jib , and was well rigged for running before the wind ; and she seemed capable of brisk speed , which , indeed , she had already proved by gaining several prizes in pilot - boat races 船上有兩只稍向后傾的大帆,此外還有后檣梯形帆,前中帆,前檣三角帆,外前帆和頂帆。唐卡德爾號在順風的時候可以利用這一套應有盡有的設備。

We can patch up the main and mizzen . foresail ' s gone , so we ' ii bend our spare 我們可以修好主桅以及后桅前桅的大帆也不能用了,我們只好用備用的