mast

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mɑːst/    美 /mæst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).
  2. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. countable,uncountable
    — She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […]
  3. The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron slang,uncountable
  4. A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. obsolete
    — Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
  5. A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
动词 v.
  1. To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).
  2. To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  3. To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
    — Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against.

词形变化

masts plural masts present,singular,third-person masting participle,present masted participle,past masted past masts plural masts present,singular,third-person masting participle,present masted participle,past masted past masts plural

词汇关系

下位词
cage mast foremast lattice mast mainmast military mast mizzenmast pagoda mast pole mast topmast tripod mast
衍生词
admiral's mast before the mast captain's mast flag mast foremast half-mast jiggermast jury mast lash oneself to the mast mack mainmast mast bumping mast-cell mast climbing mast coat mast foot masthead masthouse mastlike mastman mastrope mastspore mast step mastwood meritorious mast mizenmast mizzen-mast nail one's colors to the mast nail one's colours to the mast neuromast overmast remast royal mast spankermast supermast tie oneself to the mast unmast mastless

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”).
Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
词源 2
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
词源 3
Clipping of Masteron.
词源 4
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
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