English translation: Shackle

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Chinese term or phrase:
English translation:Shackle
Entered by: Jennyfer Deffland

13:09 Oct 19, 2007
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Chinese term or phrase:
抛左锚至两*节*入水

当时用刹车控制放错链,放到不自然下落,尽早观察一下2*节*水面。

The text is a handwritten protocol about a collision of two ships. Maybe some of the characters in the sentence 2 are wrong, the text is very hard to read.
Jennyfer Deffland
Germany
Local time: 13:58
Shackle
Explanation:
十五英尺长的缆绳[锚链]

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-10-19 13:27:05 GMT)
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http://www.google.cn/search?complete=1&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-19 14:30:56 GMT)
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drop/cast port anchor with two shackles of cable in the water

http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/publications/accidents/reports...
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Shang
China
Local time: 19:58
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Shackle
Shang
3 -1knot
franksf


  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
knot


Explanation:
knot

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-10-19 13:24:33 GMT)
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Nautical. A division on a log line used to measure the speed of a ship.
(Abbr. kn. or kt.) A unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.85 kilometers (1.15 statute miles) per hour.

http://www.answers.com/knot?cat=health

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c. A distance of one nautical mile.

franksf
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Shang: knot是船速单位,=哩/小时
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Shang, but it can also mean "A distance of one nautical mile."
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Shackle


Explanation:
十五英尺长的缆绳[锚链]

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-10-19 13:27:05 GMT)
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http://www.google.cn/search?complete=1&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-19 14:30:56 GMT)
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drop/cast port anchor with two shackles of cable in the water

http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/publications/accidents/reports...

Shang
China
Local time: 19:58
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Shackle makes sense here, so two shackles of the anchor, or 55 meters of the anchor chain, are in the water?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CHEN-Ling: 1Shackle =27.5m
23 mins
  -> thank you!

agree  chinesetrans
10 hrs
  -> thank you!
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