Windlass
n. 绞盘, 辘轳\\nvt. 用绞盘吊起
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
windlass
n
device for pulling or lifting things (eg a bucket of water from a well) by means of a rope or chain that winds round a horizontal axle; winch 绞车; 辘轳; 卷扬机.
🗣️ 情景例句
It's not easy being away from home.
离家独闯不容易。
At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.
在一年这时候农夫们耕作他们的土地。
for fear the agents of other firms should be able to trace the kind of research they are likely to be undertaking.
他们生怕别的公司的情报人员据此摸到他们可能要从事的某项科研项目。