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Capstan的音标发音
Capstan
英式发音：['kæpst(ə)n] or ['kæpstən]
美式发音
(noun.) a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails.
整理:罗威娜
双语例句
- Such an arrangement is equivalent to wheel and axle (Fig. 112); the capstan used on shipboard for raising the anchor has the same principle. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
校对:托妮