sail to windward 中文意思是什麼

sail to windward 解釋
迎風航
  • sail : n 1 帆,〈集合詞〉(船上)全部風帆,全帆 (=sails)。2 帆船;〈集合名詞〉船隻 (=ships); 【航...
  • to : adv 到某種狀態;〈特指〉到停止狀態;關閉。 ★也常和動詞結合,略去其後賓語,而構成成語: The door i...
  • windward : n adj adv 上風(的);向風(的),迎風(的),逆風(的)。 cast [lay] an anchor to windward 在上...
  1. Rigging and fitting my mast and sails ; for i finish d them very compleat, making a small stay, and a sail, or foresail to it, to assist, if we should turn to windward ; and which was more than all, i fix d a rudder to the stern of her, to steer with ; and though i was but a bungling shipwright, yet as i knew the usefulness, and even necessity of such a thing, i apply d my self with so much pains to do it, that at last i brought it to pass ; though considering the many dull contrivances i had for it that sail d, i think it cost me almost as much labour as making the boat

    他當然是個劃船的好手,可是對使用帆和舵卻一竅不通。他見我用手掌舵,駕著小舟在海上往來自如,又見那船帆隨著船行方向的變化,一會兒這邊灌滿了風,一會兒那邊灌滿了風,不禁大為驚訝-簡直驚訝得有點發呆了。可是,不久我就教會了他使用舵和帆,很快他就能熟練駕駛,成了一個出色的水手。
  2. Windward return : a type of course configuration requiring the boats to sail into the wind to a mark, then with the wind when returning to a second mark

    迎風返回:一種航行路線,要求船隻逆風行駛,到達第一個標記后返回,順風到達第二個標記。
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