cutwater
/'kʌt.wɒ:tә/
中文翻译
n. 船头破浪处, 桥脚的分水角
英文解释
n. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
n. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a
bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to
resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the
pier itself.
n. A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called
also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
词态变化
原型:cutwate
变形:r
常见例句
1
A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater