unreeve.
/uhn-reev/US // ʌnˈriv //UK // (ʌnˈriːv) //
不利于,不利的,不利,不利的一面
Definitions
v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
un·rove or un·reeved, un·ro·ven or un·reeved, un·reev·ing.
- ›Nautical. to withdraw from a block, thimble, etc.
v.verb · 无主动词
- 1.
un·rove or un·reeved, un·ro·ven or un·reeved, un·reev·ing.
- ›to unreeve a rope.
- › to become unreeved.
Examples
"The rope has swollen, sir, and the pendants won't unreeve," cried the middy in agony.
Be careful to unreeve the clewlines through the quarter-blocks.
Unreeve the halyards, or round them up to the block at the mast-head with a knot in their end.
To pass the end of a rope through any cavity or aperture, as the channel of a block; to unreeve is the opposite.
To unreeve the running part of top-sail sheets, &c., to let them run freely, or for harbour duty.
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