forestem

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The front part of a vessel.
    — When the ship was in position with the forestem to the south, a grave chamber was constructed just behind the mast.
  2. The forward or projected-most part of a stem
    — Nearby, Marikosan picked the rising and curling forestems for later cooking.

词形变化

forestems plural fore-stem alternative forestems plural fore-stem alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forestempne, forestavne, forstanyg, perhaps continuing Old English frumstemn (“the forepart of a ship; prow”), otherwise, equivalent to fore- + stem.
词源 2
From fore- + stem (“stalk of a plant”).
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