Word · Frequency #3240
chapel
/ˈtʃæpəl/
verb
使（被风打回的船）转向恢复原航向
cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover the same tack on which it had been sailing, without bracing the yards
航海用语
- 1.
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
使(在轻风中被风打回的船)转向或绕行以恢复原航向,而不调整帆桁
使(在轻风中被风打回的船)转向或绕行以恢复原航向,而不调整帆桁
In use
The captain chapelled the ship after a sudden light gust threw her aback, and she recovered her original course without touching the yards.
A skilled sailor can chapel a small boat in a light breeze to bring her back onto the same tack.
While the deckhands watched, the officer was chapeling the sloop so that she would not be carried sideways by the current.
Verb forms
base chapel · third person chapels · -ing chapeling · past chapeled · past participle chapeled
航海术语：使（遇微风偏转的船）转向或绕行以恢复原航向。
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Grammar Note
航海用语；拼写变体有 chapelled / chapelling。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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