catamaran

• n. 双体船；长筏；游艇

来自南印度语，并由此词创造新词trimaran, 三体帆船。

catamaran

catamaran: [17] Catamaran is a word borrowed from the Tamil language of the southeast coast of India. It is a compound meaning literally ‘tied wood’, made up of kattu ‘tie’ and maram ‘wood, tree’. It was first recorded in English in William Dampier’s Voyages 1697: ‘The smaller sort of Bark-logs are more governable than the others … This sort of Floats are used in many places both in the East and West Indies. On the Coast of Coromandel … they call them Catamarans’.

catamaran (n.)

East Indies log raft, 1670s, from Tamil kattu-maram "tied wood," from kattu "tie, binding" + maram "wood, tree."

1. His catamaran will do 37 knots.

他的双体船的速度可以达到37节。

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2. The Tornado is the only Olympic class catamaran.

托那多级是奥运会级别中唯一的双体船.

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3. On the surrounding waters of the resort isle, dive, windsurf, water - ski, even sail a catamaran.

马库努度岛周围的水域中, 你可以潜水 、 风帆冲浪 、 水橇滑水, 甚至双身船行驶.

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4. This paper concentrates on the problem of the wave resistance of a catamaran.

因此,研究考虑方艉影响的高速双体船兴波阻力问题具有实际意义.

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5. In the strong breeze the catamaran skimmed over the water, keeping abreast of the motorlaunch.

在强风中那艘双身船掠过海水, 与那艘机动小艇齐头并进.

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