• vi. 躊躇不前；停止不動；移轉
• n. [船] 船首三角帆；起重機的臂

詞源不詳，可能同gibbet,棍子，絞刑架。用于指船的前帆，即艏三角帆，及起重機的懸臂。拒絕義詞源不詳，可能來自jibe變體，嘲笑，譏諷。

jib (n.)

"foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).

1. We set the flying jib and cracked on.

我們扯起三角帆,順風行駛.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. " Courses, tops'ls, and flying - jib, sir. "

“ 大橫帆 、 中桅帆 、 三角帆, 船長. ”

來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險

3. I must say I didn't like the cut of his jib.

說實在的,我不喜歡他那個樣子.

來自辭典例句

4. This mast held an iron stay upon which to hoist a jib - sail.

這條桅桿下面由幾條鐵索結結實實地綁著,上面有條鐵支柱,用來支撐這面巨大的布帆.

來自互聯網

5. Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of Railway Crane Telescopic Jib under Stochastic Load.

隨機載荷作用下鐵路起重機伸縮臂模糊可靠性分析.

來自互聯網