Any other agent would have kicked your ass to the curb long ago.talk up:赞扬,夸大柯林斯英语释义:If someone talks up a particular thing, they make it sound more interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.例句:He'll be talking up his plans for the economy. piss off:使厌烦...
TIP #6.Make your ship as fold-able or collapsible as possible. The sails were the hardest to assemble inside the bottle since each stood on a one-stud mast and the sails were so close together that they were touching. I actually had to redesign the sails so that they were fold-able. ...
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Reports on a theoretical spacecraft that uses the Sun's charged particles and a man-made magnetic field to skate from planet to planet, called magsails. Cr... Zubrin,R. - 《Ad Astra》 被引量: 0发表: 1992年 A TOOL FOR SAILING WITH SKATES ETC not available for EP0057677of corresponding...
These tend to make you drowsy but are better than the alternative. The key is to take the tablets BEFORE you're seasick! Once the nausea hits, they don't do much good. (Most ships offer free tablets at the reception desk.) Some cruisers swear by the gray, stretchy wrist bands, made...
in its role as a favorable locale a well-equipped, strident junction xing zhou 2 a tiny island at rest in the waters that split the mountain range at sunset the sails of junks put away to rest for the night in equatorial lands... KS Wan,S Bryant,X Wang - 《Manoa》 被引量: 0发表...
As promised when I posted our 2 Nautical Parties here and here, today I'm going to show you how I made the sail boat fondant cupcake toppers, I used for the styled shoots. They are soooo easy to make, and can really help jazz up a simple cupcake! There's a always a debate as ...
Stretch the hardware cloth over the frame and use small nails to hold it in place. (This might be a two-person job, depending on the size of the table. Just make sure you’re both wearing gloves!) Measure out your cedar lattice and secure it around the undersides of the table ...
Tiller– the part of a boat that is used for steering (steering wheel), it is attached to the rudder Mast– a long pole that is located in the center of a boat, it carries the sails Mainsail– the larger sail that serves as an engine, i.e. propels the sailboat ...
The work of sailing is to position, or trim, the sails to maximize lift in the direction you want to go. Once you’ve raised the sails using the lines—never say “ropes”—called halyards (A), they’re trimmed using the sheets (D), which pivot the boom (E) between the port and...