"yardarm" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 桁臂（帆桁的兩端）

Definition

在帆船上，yardarm 是指懸掛帆的橫桿（桁桿）兩端的部分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬航海和古典詞彙，多見於歷史、文學或海軍語境。常見於短語“sun is over the yardarm”，意指已到可飲酒的時刻。“yardarm”不同於“mast”（桅杆）或“sail”（帆）。

Examples

The sailor climbed out onto the yardarm to fix the sail.

水手爬到**桁臂**上修理帆。

A flag was hanging from the yardarm.

一面旗幟掛在**桁臂**上。

The pirates tied prisoners to the yardarm.

海盜把俘虜綁在**桁臂**上。

It's not quite 'sun over the yardarm' yet, so let's wait before opening drinks.

現在還沒到“日過**桁臂**”的時候，我們等會兒再喝吧。

He balanced carefully, moving toward the end of the yardarm above the deck.

他小心地保持平衡，走向甲板上方的**桁臂**末端。

In old sailing stories, dangers often happened high on the yardarm during storms.

在古老的航海故事中，風暴時常常在高高的**桁臂**上發生危險。