spinnaker
英 ['spɪnəkə]
美 ['spɪnəkɚ]
中文词源
spinnaker 大三角帆可能来自 Sphinx,误发音成 Spinx,第一艘类似三角帆船的名字。另有观点认为来自该船俗称
英文词源
- spinnaker
- spinnaker: see sphinx
- spinnaker (n.)
- "large triangular sail," 1866, either a derivative of spin in the sense of "go rapidly" or a corrupt pronunciation of Sphinx, which was the name of the first yacht known to carry this type of sail.
