Cut of One's Jib——行事作風
** one’s general appearance, character, manner or personality // to express like or dislike of someone
~~儀表;一個人的外觀或行事作風;某人的外貌、長相或儀表;以貌取人;憑儀表判斷其人
~~ appearance; attitude; character; personality; comportment; deportment; conduct; demeanor; expression; image; looks; manner
!! The jib or jib sail is a large triangular foresail of a ship, stretching forward from top and bottom of the foremast to the forward part of the deck or the bowsprit.
三角帆是船的大型三角形前帆,從前桅的頂部和底部向前延伸到甲板或船首斜桅的前部。
!! Each nation had its own recognizable way of cutting and rigging the jib. A pirate ship would have a different cut of its jib. If a skipper didn't like the cut of the jib, he would change course to avoid the pirate ship.
每個國家都有自己的切割和裝配三角帆的方式。海盜船的三角帆會有不同的切割方式。如果船長不喜歡三角帆的形式,他會變航以避開海盜船。
!! Robert Southey wrote in a letter (1823), that the likeability of some individuals “depends something upon the cut of their jib.”
羅拔 · 蘇塞在一八二三年的信中寫道,某些人是否討人喜歡“在某種程度上取決於cut of their jib”。
>> I know she is a nurse by the cut of her jib.
我看她的儀表就知道她是個護士了。
>> We should have recognized his being our enemy by the cut of his jib.
我們應該從他的行事作風,意識到他是我們的敵人。
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師
李啟文 教授