unreeve

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To withdraw or take out, as for example a rope from a block. transitive
    — He could not only splice a broken "fall," and repair the sheaves and friction-rollers in a hoisting-block, but whenever the rigging got tangled aloft he could spring up the derrick like a cat and unreeve the rope in an instant.

词形变化

unreeves present,singular,third-person unreeving participle,present unreeved participle,past unreeved past

词源

From Middle English *unreven (attested only in past participle unrevyn) equivalent to un- + reeve.
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