snag boat 清障船;挖泥船
- He self-makes a wood a row, hit a snag and haven't yet sink on the boat behind of the food, explosive, tool…etc. carry island to have an usage.
他自制木排,把触礁后尚未沉没的船上的食物、火药、工具等运到岛上,以备使用。 - At least one came within 25 feet of the American boat, and Chinese sailors used hooks to try to snag cables the Navy boat was using to tow sonar equipment designed for antisubmarine warfare.
至少一艘船只靠近“无暇”号25英尺,中国船员试图勾挂海军反潜拖曳式声纳设备的钢缆。
Snag \Snag\, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch
has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches
from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to
cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut
off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.]
1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a
short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a
protuberance.
The coat of arms
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. --Dryden.
2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a
broken or decayed tooth. --Prior.
3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a
river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite
to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and
sunk.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
5. Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch,
scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with
it.
{Snag boat}, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing
snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.]
{Snag tooth}. Same as {Snag}, 2.
How thy snag teeth stand orderly,
Like stakes which strut by the water side. --J.
Cotgrave.