• vi. 踌躇不前；停止不动；移转
• n. [船] 船首三角帆；起重机的臂

词源不详，可能同gibbet,棍子，绞刑架。用于指船的前帆，即艏三角帆，及起重机的悬臂。拒绝义词源不详，可能来自jibe变体，嘲笑，讥讽。

jib (n.)

"foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).

1. We set the flying jib and cracked on.

我们扯起三角帆,顺风行驶.

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2. " Courses, tops'ls, and flying - jib, sir. "

“ 大横帆 、 中桅帆 、 三角帆, 船长. ”

来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

3. I must say I didn't like the cut of his jib.

说实在的,我不喜欢他那个样子.

来自辞典例句

4. This mast held an iron stay upon which to hoist a jib - sail.

这条桅杆下面由几条铁索结结实实地绑着,上面有条铁支柱,用来支撑这面巨大的布帆.

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5. Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of Railway Crane Telescopic Jib under Stochastic Load.

随机载荷作用下铁路起重机伸缩臂模糊可靠性分析.

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