TTWa sailingboat with two separatehulls (=the part that goes in the water) 双体船
Examples from the Corpus
catamaran• The ceremony took place on the beach followed by a privatetrip on a catamaran at sunset.• Porto Heli and Cannigione additionally offer catamarancoaching.• Local sailing options include bombing on windsurfers, high performancedinghies, or catamarans in some centres.• Had Trent been Miguelito he would have lain in wait in the jungle by the catamaran.• Their slope and angle up to the cabin top was sufficient to drive the catamarannorth.• Thirty yards separated them from the catamaran.• Lightning played across the front almost continually, and thunderrolled over the catamaran.• The catamaransurgedforward under the added power of the big sail.
Origincatamaran
(1600-1700)Tamilkattumaram, from kattu“to tie” + maram“tree”