the part of a ship's bows through which the anchor cables pass 锚链孔艏部(指船头上有锚链孔的部分) ■the space between the head of an anchored vessel and the anchors 艏锚间距(指泊位上船只的船头与锚之间的空间或距离)
常用词组 a foul hawse
a situation in which an anchored ship's port and starboard cables are crossed 锚缆缠结(指船舶在下锚停泊状态下左、右舷的锚缆互相缠绕)
语源
late middle English halse, probably from Old Norse háls 'neck, ship's bow'