brig

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  2. Bridge. Northern-England,Northern-Ireland,Scotland
    — Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
  3. Brigadier.
  4. A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft. US
动词 v.
  1. To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag. US,dated
  2. To jail, to confine into the guardhouse. US,dated

词形变化

brigs plural brigs present,singular,third-person brigging participle,present brigged participle,past brigged past brigs plural brigs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
brig rat
相关词
gun-brig hermaphrodite brig goldbrick

词源

词源 1
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
词源 2
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
词源 3
Clipping of brigadier.
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