device for raising weights by winding a rope round a cylinder, c. 1400, alteration of wyndase (late 13c.), from Anglo-French windas, and directly from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse vindass, from vinda "to wind" (see wind (v.1)) + ass "pole, beam" (cognate with Gothic ans "beam, pillar").
权威例句
1. Sailors hove up the cable with windlass or capstan.
水手们用绞盘或起锚机把缆绳拉起来.
2. The starboard side frame of the windlass is fracture.
锚机右舷机架折断了.
3. Tie the rope to the axis of the windlass.
你去把绞绳套在绞车的轴上.
4. Adjusting safety device for hydraulic system of steering gear ( windlass 、 mooring winch ).
舵机 ( 锚机、绞缆机 ) 液压系统安全装置调整.
5. Anchoring and weighing test of windlass on sea trial.