Tarpaulin
[tɑː'pɔːlɪn]
解释:
(n.) A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.
(n.) A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.
(n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.
录入:温思罗普
解释:
n. strong linen or hempen cloth coated with tar or pitch to render it waterproof: a sailor's wide-brimmed storm-hat: (coll.) a sailor.—Also Tarpau′ling.
编辑:兰德尔
例句:
- He pulled back the tarpaulin and showed the saddles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- It was protected from the weather by an ingenious little tarpaulin contrivance in the nature of an umbrella. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- But this tarpaulin chap, he takes hold of her hand, and he cries out to me, joyful, “Look here! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins and lashed on deck to be identified by their comrades before being consigned to the deep. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
校对:朗达