mast
n
1 upright post of wood or metal used to support a ship's sails 船桅; 檣. =>illus at yacht 見yacht插圖.
2 tall pole, eg for a flag 長(zhǎng)桿(如旗桿).
3 tall steel structure for the aerials of a radio or TV transmitter (電視或無(wú)線電發(fā)射機(jī)的)天線塔.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) at half-mast => half. before the `mast (dated or rhet 舊或修辭) serving as an ordinary seaman 當(dāng)二等水兵
He spent ten years before the mast. 他當(dāng)了十年的海員. nail one's colours to the mast => nail v.
mast n [U]
fruit of forest trees, eg the beech, oak, etc, used as food for pigs 山毛櫸、 橡樹等的果實(shí)(用作豬飼料).