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mast n.船桅，旗杆 mast (n.1) "long pole on a ship to support the sail," Old English mæst, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (cognates: Old Norse mastr, Middle Dutch maste, Dutch, Danish mast, German Mast), from PIE *mazdo- "a pole, rod" (cognates: Latin malus "mast," Old Irish matan "club," Irish maide "a stick," Old Church Slavonic mostu "bridge"). The single mast of an old ship was the boundary between quarters of officers and crew, hence before the mast in the title of Dana's book, etc.mast (n.2) "fallen nuts; food for swine," Old English mæst, from Proto-Germanic *masto (cognates: Dutch, Old High German, German mast "mast;" Old English verb mæsten "to fatten, feed"), perhaps from PIE *mad-sta-, from root *mad- "moist, wet," also used of various qualities of food (cognates: Sanskrit madati "it bubbles, gladdens," medah "fat, marrow;" Latin madere "be sodden, be drunk;" Middle Persian mast "drunk;" Old English mete "food," Old High German muos "meal, mushlike food," Gothic mats "food"). 【记】帆船上起master控制作用的，没这个帆就挂不起来→船桅【相关】master 支配，控制，统治，主人，船长；

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[mɑ:st] 【英】 船桅,旗杆(a tall spar or now often a hollow metal structure, used to support the sails, and radio equipment,etc; any vertical pole, as in a crane or derrick)【例】 The heavy winds cracked the ship's mast. 无

单词	mast
音标	[mɑ:st]
解释	n.船桅，旗杆
红宝书	【英】船桅,旗杆(a tall spar or now often a hollow metal structure, used to support the sails, and radio equipment,etc; any vertical pole, as in a crane or derrick) 【例】 The heavy winds cracked the ship's mast.
字源	mast (n.1) "long pole on a ship to support the sail," Old English mæst, from Proto-Germanic mastaz (cognates: Old Norse mastr, Middle Dutch maste, Dutch, Danish mast, German Mast), from PIE mazdo- "a pole, rod" (cognates: Latin malus "mast," Old Irish matan "club," Irish maide "a stick," Old Church Slavonic mostu "bridge"). The single mast of an old ship was the boundary between quarters of officers and crew, hence before the mast in the title of Dana's book, etc. mast (n.2) "fallen nuts; food for swine," Old English mæst, from Proto-Germanic masto (cognates: Dutch, Old High German, German mast "mast;" Old English verb mæsten "to fatten, feed"), perhaps from PIE mad-sta-, from root *mad- "moist, wet," also used of various qualities of food (cognates: Sanskrit madati "it bubbles, gladdens," medah "fat, marrow;" Latin madere "be sodden, be drunk;" Middle Persian mast "drunk;" Old English mete "food," Old High German muos "meal, mushlike food," Gothic mats "food").
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趣味全助记	【记】帆船上起master控制作用的，没这个帆就挂不起来→船桅【相关】master 支配，控制，统治，主人，船长；

Mast English Cognates German Support Pole Ship Mæst