jib

[US]/dʒɪb/
[UK]/dʒɪb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. tøve eller virke utålmodig i beslutningsprocessen eller ved handling; gå i stå; flytte position
n. trekantet sejl forrest på et skib; armen på en kran.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularjibs
Past Participlejibbed
Past Tensejibbed
Pluraljibs
Present Participlejibbing

Phrases & Collocations

jib crane

løftebjelke

jib boom

løftebjelke

jib sail

bådjib

jib sheet

jib

jibber-jabber

plapren

Example Sentences

jib at working overtime

jib arbejder på overtid

he jibs at paying large bills.

han er uvillig til at betale store regninger.

We set the flying jib and cracked on.

Vi sætte det flyvende jib og satte i gang.

Trent held the jib back, sailing the catamaran stern on.

Trent holdt jib'en tilbage og sejlede katamaranen med stævnen mod vinden.

A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom and in small craft to the bowsprit or the bow.

Et trekantet sejl, der strækker sig fra toppen af for masten til jib-bommen og i små fartøjer til bowsprit eller stævnen.

Then, as they were just passing the Round Tower, the young man shouted: "Stand by there to lower the topsails and jib; brail up the spanker!"

Så, mens de lige passerede Round Tower, råbte den unge mand: "Vær klar der til at sænke toppen og jib; sæt spanker op!"

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