xuán​tǒng​fēng​fān

rotor sail

  • created sense approved 旋筒风帆/旋筒風帆 · xuán​tǒng​fēng​fān · rotor sail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旋筒风帆 / 旋筒風帆

    xuán​tǒng​fēng​fān

    rotor sail

    a large mechanical cylinder that acts as a sail on a ship by using the Magnus effect to provide propulsion

    旋 (literal) → 旋 · xuán · to revolve 筒 (literal) → 筒 · tǒng · tube 风帆 (literal) → 风帆/風帆 · fēng​fān · sail

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense