device for raising weights by winding a rope round a cylinder, c. 1400, alteration of wyndase (late 13c.), from Anglo-French windas, and directly from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse vindass, from vinda "to wind" (see wind (v.1)) + ass "pole, beam" (cognate with Gothic ans "beam, pillar").
双语例句
1. Sailors hove up the cable with windlass or capstan.
水手们用绞盘或起锚机把缆绳拉起来.
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2. The starboard side frame of the windlass is fracture.
锚机右舷机架折断了.
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3. Tie the rope to the axis of the windlass.
你去把绞绳套在绞车的轴上.
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4. Adjusting safety device for hydraulic system of steering gear ( windlass 、 mooring winch ).
舵机 ( 锚机、绞缆机 ) 液压系统安全装置调整.
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5. Anchoring and weighing test of windlass on sea trial.
