• n. 后桅（等于mizen）
• adj. 后桅的（等于mizen）

來自意大利語mezzana,后桅，后帆，來自拉丁語medianus,中間的，詞源同middle,mezzanine.引申詞義中間后面的帆，后帆。

mizzen (n.)

"aftermost fore-and-aft sail of a three-masted ship," early 15c., from Middle French misaine "foresail, foremast," altered (by influence of Italian mezzana "mizzen") from Old French migenne, from Catalan mitjana, from Latin medianus "of the middle" (see median). The sense in this transmission must have been something other than "middle," or the thing described changed, because the "middle" mast on a ship is the mainmast. Klein suggests an alternate etymology of the French word from Arabic, via Italian.

1. Five minutes after, it was down; and we sailed under mizzen - tops'ls and to'gall'nt sails.'

五分鐘以后, 大帆落下來了, 我們只得扯著尾帆和上桅帆航行.

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