Before the mast
在桅桿前,当水手
🧩 词语组成解析
before
[bɪ'fɔr]
prep. 在…之前;先于，优于;当着…的面;与其…;
conj. 在…之前;在…以前;比…早些;与其…;
adv. 先前，从前;在前，在前方;
be构成一些介词+fore前面→在前面
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
mast
[mɑ:st]
n. 桅杆;栓柱;橡树果实;
vt. 在…上装桅杆;
🗣️ 情景例句
I suggest that we go climb White Cloud Mountain tomorrow.
我建议明天一起去爬白云山。
Their contempt is mutual.
他们互相轻视。
Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were son covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯。印度丝绸。铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器。