(noun.) (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel.
(noun.) a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes.
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双语例句
Adrian exclaimed that the rudder was gone;--We are lost, cried Clara, Save yourselves--O save yourselves! 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
The rudder was of the pattern used on sailing-vessels, and was moved by a tiller. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
The amount of supporting surface had been reduced by about eighty square feet, and a change had been made in the lever that turned the rudder and controlled the equilibrating device. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Trusting to the girl's skill and making no use of the rudder, he eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
In the middle of the boat were two storage batteries connected with the motor by two cords that both served to cover the conducting wires and work the rudder. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The Wrights realized that a more automatic method of meeting these changes must be found, and they worked it out by shifting the rudder and the surfaces of the airship as it met the air-currents. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
By aid of these and the horizontal rudder it was found that the vessel would run for hours at a constant depth and on a level keel. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
But, he promptly set to work to haul up his boat, and make her fast, and take the sculls and rudder and rope out of her. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.