whipline

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells.
    — Because the seas were a bit rough that morning the crane was using the whip line.

词形变化

whiplines plural whip line alternative

词源

From whip + line.
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