Cordage
[kɔ:didʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the ropes in the rigging of a ship.
(noun.) the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords.
整理:辛克莱--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
編輯:拉维恩
例句/造句/用法:
- Pine tar is the kind best suited for cordage, the yellow, longleaf, or Georgia pine holding the first rank in the United States for tar making. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The seamen were all provided with cordage, which I had beforehand twisted to a sufficient strength. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The coarse yarn obtained from it is called coir, and it is also used for cordage. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The second mast was yet standing, with the rags of a rent sail, and a wild confusion of broken cordage flapping to and fro. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- There is the wire rope to consider, a kind of cordage now largely used in many industries, in which it has superseded hemp ropes and chains. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- All the ancient civilized peoples used ropes and cordage, made from such flexible materials as their countries afforded. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They long made use of cordage twisted from cotton and other fibers, or formed from the inner bark of various trees and the roots of others, and from the hairs, skins and sinews of animals. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- When men began to move boats by sails, ropes of some kind must have been needed, and the early ships no doubt demanded long and strong cordage. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As above said, it is indispensable to protect cordage exposed to the effects of moisture, except in the case of coir ropes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The emigrants embarked by hundreds, and unfurling their sails with rude hands, made strange havoc of buoy and cordage. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
整理:雪麗