cap.stan
n.（名词）Nautical An apparatus used for hoisting weights, consisting of a vertical spool-shaped cylinder that is rotated manually or by machine and around which a cable is wound.【航海】 绞盘，卷扬机：一种用于吊起重物的装置。该装置包括一垂直的线轴形圆筒，由人力或机器使之旋转，在其周围绕有钢丝绳A small cylindrical shaft used to drive magnetic tape at a constant speed in a tape recorder.主动轮：指小型圆筒状的驱动轴，用于在录音机中驱动磁带使之恒速转动
来源：Middle English 中古英语 from Norman French 源自 诺曼法语 from Old Provenôal cabestan 源自 古普罗旺斯语 cabestan from cabestre [noose] 源自 cabestre [绳套] from Latin capistrum [halter] 源自 拉丁语 capistrum [缰绳] probably from capere [to seize] * see kap- 可能源自 capere [攫取] *参见 kap-
