outrigger
/out-rig-er/US // ˈaʊtˌrɪg ər //UK // (ˈaʊtˌrɪɡə) //
支腿,支杆,支线,支架
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n.名词 noun
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- : a framework extended outboard from the side of a boat, especially, as in South Pacific canoes, supporting a float that gives stability.
- : a bracket extending outward from the side of a racing shell, to support an oarlock.
- : the shell itself.
- : a spar rigged out from a ship's rail or the like, as for extending a sail.
- : a long, flexible rod, attached to a fishing boat near the stern, along which a fishing line may be threaded to keep it clear of the boat's wake when trolling.
- : a structure extending outward from a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft to increase stability or provide support for something.
- : a projecting beam, as for supporting a hoisting tackle.
- : a horizontal steel beam extending the base of a crane.
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Examples
Only one boat was moving, a long canoe with an outrigger; and from this something white was slowly waving.
For a moment the canoe rocked in spite of its steadying outrigger, with the violence of the activities aboard it.
The outrigger acts as a weight on the windward side, to prevent the narrow canoe from being blown over on the opposite side.
This I consider to be a more natural sequence than to suppose the outrigger invented as a means of steadying the dug-out canoe.
Wilkes says that whenever the outrigger gets to the leeward side, there is almost invariably an upset.
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