He nods with such satisfaction that the fat under his chin sways between his shoulders like a mainsail in stormy conditions.
他满足地点头,脖子上的肥油像迎风的帆绕着肩膀飘扬。
西南联大英文教本
His prose includes " Gallipoli" (1916), an account of the Dardanelles expedition, in which he himself took part; and " The Mainsail Haul, " a group of sea yarns.
I was very much tired, and disposed to sleep, which my mistress perceiving, she put me on her own bed, and covered me with a clean white handkerchief, but larger and coarser than the mainsail of a man-of-war.
A mainsail is a sail located behind the main mast of a sailing vessel.
On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast.
On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest and often the only sail rigged aft of the main mast, and is controlled along its foot by a spar known as the boom. A sail rigged in this position without a boom is generally called a trysail, and is used in extremely heavy weather.