crow's nest

英 [ˈkrəʊz nest]

美 [ˈkroʊz nest]

n.  桅杆瞭望台

牛津词典

noun

• 桅杆瞭望台
  a platform at the top of a ship's mast (= the post that supports the sails) from which sb can see a long way and watch for land, danger, etc.

柯林斯词典

• (船上的)瞭望台
  On a ship, thecrow's nestis a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions.

英英释义

noun

• platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast

双语例句

• Created by designer Steve Kuhl, the special bedroom features a rope bridge, crow's nest, a two-storey hidden slide, wrought-iron jail cell and even hidden rope ladder access to the closet.
  据了解，这间奇特的“海盗船”卧室由史蒂夫设计制造，有索桥、岗亭、双层隐形滑道，铁牢房甚至一条通往贮藏室的绳梯。
• I'm talking removal from our dungeon in the crow's nest.
  我是说，离开这个鸟窝。
• That's why she takes a dangerous flight on a crow's back to get to a wise owl's nest.
  这就是她进行了一趟危险飞行的原因，请乌鸦载她去找智慧的猫头鹰。
• If ten thousand crows took a liking to the poet's few strands of grey hair, surely it wasn't so "tousled like a crow's nest" that they would want to roost on his head.
  一万只乌鸦看中诗人几根白头发，难道乱发如鸦窠，要宿在他头上？