كيف تنطق "luff"

word

ˈɫəf

LUHF

lˈʌf

LUHF

التعريف

In sailing, to turn a boat’s bow more toward the wind, or the fluttering/flapping motion of a sail when it loses wind.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɫəf

الإنجليزية البريطانية

lˈʌf

أمريكي

LUHF

بريطاني

LUHF

The sailor began to luff the boat to catch more wind.

If you luff too much, the sail will flap and lose speed.

Watch out—the sail is starting to luff in this wind.

She quickly told me to luff the boat before we tipped over.