mast
n
1 upright post of wood or metal used to support a ship's sails 船桅; 樯. =>illus at yacht 见yacht插图.
2 tall pole, eg for a flag 长杆(如旗杆).
3 tall steel structure for the aerials of a radio or TV transmitter (电视或无线电发射机的)天线塔.
4 (idm 习语) at half-mast => half. before the `mast (dated or rhet 旧或修辞) serving as an ordinary seaman 当二等水兵
He spent ten years before the mast. 他当了十年的海员. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v.
mast n [U]
fruit of forest trees, eg the beech, oak, etc, used as food for pigs 山毛榉、 橡树等的果实(用作猪饲料).
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;
swampn. 沼泽(地);湿地;
vt. 淹没;使沉没;使陷入困难;忙得不可开交;
vi. 淹没,沉没;