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prow 音標拼音: [pr'ɑʊ] n. 船首,船首狀物,機首
a. 勇敢的 船首,船首狀物,機首勇敢的 prow n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; " he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" [ synonym: { bow}, { fore}, { prow}, { stem}] Prow \ Prow\, n. [ F. proue ( cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L. prora, Gr. ?, akin to ? before. See { Pro-}, and cf. { Prore}.] The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o' er the waves. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Prow \ Prow\, n. See { Proa}. [ 1913 Webster]
Prow \ Prow\, a. [ Compar. { Prower}; superl. { Prowest}.] [ OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See { Pro-}, and cf. { Prude}.] Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [ Archaic] -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] The prowest knight that ever field did fight. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Prow \ Prow\, n. [ OE. & OF. prou. See { Prow}, a.] Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
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