moonraker
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmuːn.reɪ.kər/ us/ˈmuːn.reɪ.kɚ/
(SAIL)
月帆（一种方形的帆）
a square sail at the top of a mast (= a tall pole) on a sailing boat, above the skysail (= usually the top sail on a mast)
The moonraker is flown immediately above the skysail on a fully rigged ship. 在一艘全帆装船上，月帆就挂在天帆的上面。
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- A moonraker is square; the equivalent triangular sail is called a skyscraper.
(PERSON)
UK informal英国威尔特郡人（尤指参与走私的人）
a person who comes from the English county of Wiltshire, especially a smuggler (= a person who secretly and illegally brings goods in and out of a place)
He came from a family of moonrakers. 他的家人很多都是做走私的。
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- He wrote a book called "Memoirs of a Moonraker".
- My grandparents would tell me the story of the Wiltshire moonrakers.