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A ketch is a sailing boat with two masts. The front mast is the tall one. The back mast is shorter, and it stands in front of the part that steers the boat.
A ketch這種帆船 is a sailing boat with two masts是有兩根桅杆的帆船。The front mast前面的桅杆 is the tall one比較高。The back mast後面的桅杆 is shorter比較短，and it stands in front of the part that steers the boat而且是立在控制船隻方向的地方前面。
That last detail matters, because another two-mast boat, a yawl, looks similar until you see that its tiny back mast sits behind the steering. A schooner is different again: on a schooner the back mast is the big one. So “two masts” is not enough; ketch is a particular shape of two.
That last detail matters這個細節很重要，because another two-mast boat, a yawl另有一種雙桅船叫做yawl looks similar看起來很像 until you see直到你發現 that its tiny back mast它那根小小的後桅杆 sits behind the steering是立在控制方向的地方後面。A schooner縱帆船 is different again又不一樣，on a schooner在縱帆船上 the back mast is the big one後面的桅杆才是比較大的那根。So “two masts”「兩根桅杆」 is not enough這句話還不夠精確，ketch is a particular shape of twoketch指的是兩根桅杆中特定的排法。
Ketches are not huge . They are small or middle-sized working and cruising boats. Fishermen used them, and people still sail them for travel, because two sails can be easier to handle than one giant sail when the wind is strong — though actually sailors argue about that, and plenty of people just like how a ketch looks.
Ketches這種船 are not huge warships不是巨大的軍艦。They它們 are small or middle-sized是中小型的 working and cruising boats工作船或巡航用的船。Fishermen used them漁民以前會用它，and people still sail them for travel人們現在還會開它去航行旅遊，because因為 two sails can be easier to handle than one giant sail when the wind is strong風大的時候兩張帆有時比一張巨大的帆好操控，though actually不過其實 sailors argue about that水手們對這點也有爭論，and plenty of people just like how a ketch looks而且很多人單純只是喜歡ketch的外觀。
You will meet the word in harbours and boat books, not in everyday city talk. It is said like the ketch in ketchup, and it has nothing to do with sketch.
in harbours and boat books在港口和帆船書籍裡 You will meet the word你會遇到這個字 not in everyday city talk而不是在日常城市生活的對話裡。It它的發音 is said like the ketch in ketchup跟ketchup（番茄醬）裡的ketch一樣，and it has nothing to do with sketch而且跟sketch（素描）沒有關係。
組成From Middle English catche, from the old verb cacchen, “to catch.” The modern vowel is like the way some people say catch.
同家族的字
- catchthe boat name comes from the same old word as catch
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Ketchnoun
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Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”).
- Hanging was indeed the popular remedy for all criminal disorders. The legislator found patients for it, the judge prescribed it, and the Ketch administered it with the same callous and gallows indifference.
ketchnoun詞源 1/kɛt͡ʃ/
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A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- […] to finish her new Habit or Appearance, and make her Change compleat, he ordered her Sails to be alter’d; and as she sailed before with a Half-Sprit, like a Yacht, she sailed now with square Sail and Mizen Mast, like a Ketch; so that, in a Word, she was a perfect Cheat […]
ketchverb詞源 3/kɛt͡ʃ/
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rareTo hang.
- Well! If he has a mind to be Ketch'd, speed him say I.
- 1859, MATSELL Vocab. s.v. (Farmer), I'll ketch you; I'll hang you.
ketchnoun詞源 3/kɛt͡ʃ/
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A hangman.
- 'Squire Ketch rejoices as much to hear of a new Vox, as an old Sexton does to hear of a new Delight.
- Ignorant of many of the secrets of ketchcraft.
ketchnoun詞源 4/kɛt͡ʃ/
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dialectalA pie or turnover.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。