"foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).
雙語例句
1. We set the flying jib and cracked on.
我們扯起三角帆,順風(fēng)行駛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. " Courses, tops'ls, and flying - jib, sir. "
“ 大橫帆 、 中桅帆 、 三角帆, 船長. ”
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險
3. I must say I didn't like the cut of his jib.
說實在的,我不喜歡他那個樣子.
來自辭典例句
4. This mast held an iron stay upon which to hoist a jib - sail.
這條桅桿下面由幾條鐵索結(jié)結(jié)實實地綁著,上面有條鐵支柱,用來支撐這面巨大的布帆.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of Railway Crane Telescopic Jib under Stochastic Load.