Tarpaulin
[tɑː'pɔːlɪn]
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:温思罗普
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:兰德尔
例句/造句/用法:
- He pulled back the tarpaulin and showed the saddles. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- It was protected from the weather by an ingenious little tarpaulin contrivance in the nature of an umbrella. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- But this tarpaulin chap, he takes hold of her hand, and he cries out to me, joyful, “Look here! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins and lashed on deck to be identified by their comrades before being consigned to the deep. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
校對:朗达