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緊身的短上衣,前桅,大縱帆

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [OF. despensier. See {Spence}, and cf.
   {Dispenser}.]
   One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]
   --Promptorium Parvulorum.

Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. [From the third Earl Spencer, who first
   wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
   A short jacket worn by men and by women. --Ld. Lutton.

Spencer \Spen"cer\, n. (Naut.)
   A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast,
   hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff
   and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast;
   -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England
   [1802].

   {Spencer mast}, a small mast just abaft the foremast or
      mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Spencer
     n : English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory
         of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903) [syn:
          {Herbert Spencer}]