| 釋義 |
capstan /'kaepstan; 'kaepstan/ n upright barrellike object turned (formerly) by men who walk round it pushing horizontal levers, or (more usu today) by steam, etc, power, used for raising anchors, sails, etc and for pulling a ship to a wharf, etc. 絞盤; 起錨機(jī) (從前由人繞四周走并推動(dòng)水平桿以旋轉(zhuǎn)之，或如今日更常見者，以蒸汽等動(dòng)力旋轉(zhuǎn)之，用以起錨、張帆及拖船至碼頭等)。 a space-capsule |