英:[tɑ:ˈpɔ:lɪn]
美:[tɑrˈpɔlɪn]
英:[tɑ:ˈpɔ:lɪn]
美:[tɑrˈpɔlɪn]
tar·pau·lin
tar paw lihn [or] tar p lihn
复数:tarpaulins
词根:tarry
adj.tarry 涂了焦油的
n.tarry 逗留
vi.tarry 等候;逗留;耽搁
vt.tarry 等待
noun
a piece of material used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas : tarp
The hatchways of some armed vessels are but poorly secured in bad weather. … They were merely spread over with an old tarpaulin, cracked and rent in every direction.—Herman Melville
dated sailor The Englishman replied, like a rough tarpaulin, "They might starve; they should not plant nor build in that place."—Daniel Defoe
"What does this here blessed tarpaulin go and do," said Mr. Peggotty, with his face one high noon of enjoyment, "but he loses that there art of his to our little Em'ly."—Charles Dickens
大约1600年,显然是从 tar(名词)和 palling 混合而来,源自 pall “厚布覆盖物”(见 pall(名词)); 可能因为帆布有时被涂上沥青以使其防水。最初的拼写为 tarpawlin 、tarpawling 等,18世纪早期拼写稳定下来。
防水盖布
盖在拼装舱盖盖板上的防水布。
probably from tar >entry 1 + -palling, -pauling (from pall)
The first known use of tarpaulin was in 1607
tar1 of 2noun
a dark usually thick sticky liquid obtained by distilling wood, coal, or peat
a substance that resembles tarespecially: a sticky substance that is formed by burning tobacco
sailor
tar2 of 2verb
to smear with or as if with tar
tarponnoun
a large silvery sport fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean
tarpaulinnoun
a piece of material (as waterproof canvas) used for protecting exposed objects
1 Shell fabric for automobile and toy: tarpaulin, loop velvet, poly spun velour, and etc.
汽车、玩具面料系列:顶蓬布、圈绒、不倒绒等。
2 A tarpaulin too leaky to be of much use.
防水雨布是漏的,不能再用了。
3 Reason said No. The tarpaulin was sturdy canvas, not a Japanese paper wall.
4 Many refugees are sheltering under makeshift tarpaulin structures.
许多灾民被安置在临时的防水棚下。
5 And I had to reach over the net and the rolled-up tarpaulin.
6 ...a piece of tarpaulin.
一块油布
7 She was on the side bench, just beyond the edge of the hyena’s indoor track and barely hidden from me by the bulge of rolled-up tarpaulin.
8 When it rained I rigged up a partial shelter with a tarpaulin.
下雨的时候,我用油布草草搭了一个能简单避雨的棚子。
9 With over 15 years specialized experience in manufacturing, selling, and serving of tarpaulin.
具有15年以上专业经验,在制造,销售,服务的油布。
10 A head appeared beyond the end of the tarpaulin.
11 He backed down and returned beneath the tarpaulin.
12 I was lying on a piece of old tarpaulin reading, as I say, Daniel Deronda, when Ruth came wandering over and sat down beside me.
13 And what if the supplies were at the bow, beneath the tarpaulin?
14 I looked beyond the end of the tarpaulin.
15 They built new airstrips as they needed them and lived with the local population or even in hastily dug trenches in the ground sheltered by tarpaulin sheets.
16 A composition for preparing tarpaulin is studied by using a tactic polypropylene and natural rubber.
研究了无规聚丙烯与天然橡胶并用制备篷布的配方。
17 The pool furniture was folded, stacked, and covered with a tarpaulin.
游泳池的设备都已经折叠起来, 堆在那里, 还盖上了防水布.
18 If he came the other way, climbing atop the tarpaulin from astern, I was in the best position to see him early and, again, take to the water.
19 My guess was that Richard Parker was on the floor of the lifeboat beneath the tarpaulin, his back to me, facing the zebra, which he had no doubt killed by now.
20 I needed safe access to the locker and the top of the tarpaulin, no matter the time of day or the weather, no matter his mood.