"small fore and aft rigged vessel with one mast, generally carrying a jib, fore-stay sail, mainsail, and gaff-topsail," 1620s, from Dutch sloep "a sloop;" probably from French chaloupe, from Old French chalupe "small, sloop-rigged vessel," which is perhaps related to English shallop [OED]. But according to Barnhart and Watkins the Dutch word might simply be from Middle Dutch slupen "to glide," from PIE *sleubh- (see sleeve). In old military use, a small ship of war carrying guns on the upper deck only (1670s).
双语例句
1. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.
他们使单桅小船倾斜适当, 让它顶着风向前滑去.
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2. An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.
一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来.
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3. They heeled the sloop well over, skimming her along to windward.
他们使单桅小船倾斜适当, 使它顶着风向前滑去.
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4. A sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.
他们说在靠近海岸的暗礁之间有一个礁湖.
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5. It was, in short, a sledge rigged like a sloop.