"large rope used for mooring, towing, etc.," late 13c., from Anglo-French haucer, from Old French halcier, haucier, literally "hoister," from Vulgar Latin *altiare, alteration of Late Latin altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old). Altered in English on mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul.
雙語例句
1. The fingers were pinched under a hawser.
手指被夾在了大纜繩下面.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. There's a new hawser faked down there.
有條新鐵索盤卷在那里.
來自辭典例句
3. On the other side of the hawser was a hostile knot of young dockers.
在鋼纜的那一邊,是一伙滿懷敵意的碼頭工人.
來自辭典例句
4. An opening in the bow of a ship through which a cable or hawser is passed.