Mast

(noun.) a vertical spar for supporting sails.

(noun.) any sturdy upright pole.

(noun.) nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine.

(noun.) nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground.

杰西编辑

• We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• No screw—only one mast—we'll never clear that island. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The next day, the yacht arrived at Syra, with her ensign half-mast, as a token of the dead on board. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I saw that she was parting in the middle, and that the life of the solitary man upon the mast hung by a thread. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The second mast was yet standing, with the rags of a rent sail, and a wild confusion of broken cordage flapping to and fro. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Only one hope, cried Martin, furiously shaking his fist at the retreating boat; climb up the mast! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Fust I'll tie the rope t' th' mast an' then t' th' beach, an' you two kin skip along like monkeys. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He was for any description of policy, in the compass of a week; and nailed all sorts of colours to every denomination of mast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The signal of an English steamer in sight went fluttering up to the mast on the pier. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• On the 16th day of June, 1703, a boy on the top-mast discovered land. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The creaking of the masts, the clang of the wheels, the tramp above, all persuaded her that she was already far from the shores of Greece. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Compasses are sometimes carried on masts in iron vessels as a means of removing them from the disturbing influence of the iron of the hull. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And as to tube and metal bending, there are wonderful machines which bend sheets of metal into great tubes, funnels, ship masts and cylinders. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There were the piles of city roofs and chimneys, more free from smoke than on week-days; and there were the distant masts and steeples. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• On ships the antenna is fastened to the masts. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• At these elevated points, whether upon the masts of ships, upon poles or balloons, condensing surfaces of metal or other conductor of electricity are located. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Wireless stations on shore are marked by very tall masts, which support a single wire, or a set of wires, which are known as the _antenna_. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• She had four masts, each provided with a lightning rod. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Under this denomination were comprehended timber fit for masts, yards, and bowsprits; hemp, tar, pitch, and turpentine. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

编辑:波西亚