"small fore and aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-stay sail, mainsail, and gaff-topsail," 1620s, from Dutch sloep "a sloop;" probably from French chaloupe, from Old French chalupe "small, sloop-rigged vessel," which is perhaps related to English shallop [OED]. But according to Barnhart and Watkins the Dutch word might simply be from Middle Dutch slupen "to glide," from PIE *sleubh- (see sleeve). In old military use, a small ship of war carrying guns on the upper deck only (1670s).
雙語例句
1. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.
他們使單桅小船傾斜適當(dāng), 讓它頂著風(fēng)向前滑去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.
一艘敵驅(qū)逐艦向這只護航艦逼過來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming her along to windward.
他們使單桅小船傾斜適當(dāng), 使它頂著風(fēng)向前滑去.
來自辭典例句
4. A sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.
他們說在靠近海岸的暗礁之間有一個礁湖.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. It was, in short, a sledge rigged like a sloop.