binnacle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wooden housing for a ship's compass, with its corrector magnets and illuminating arrangements.
    — The lamp, or candle, which lights the binnacle, is placed in the cabin, of course the expence of one light is saved, and all the inconveniences of blowing out in a squally night, and likewise the trouble of trimming the lamp, are avoided.
  2. The instrument cluster on a car or motorcycle.

词形变化

binnacles plural

词汇关系

衍生词
binnacle list

词源

Corruption of earlier bittacle, from French habitacle. Or from obsolete Spanish or Portuguese bitácula, both from Late Latin habitāculum (“little dwelling place”). Compare modern Spanish bitácora.
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