红海及印度洋上常见的独桅或双桅阿拉伯帆船。通常用斜三角帆，大型阿拉伯三角帆船的主帆远大於後桅帆，船首呈尖形，船尾有的开有窗户，并加装饰。
这些地区以前是以商品交换而闻名的，这些商品是由阿拉伯的货轮dhows(独桅三角帆船)从东亚运来的。
These districts are traditionally famous for the exchange of commodities, which were brought in by Arabian cargo vessels known as dhows from east Asia.
留着合适的胡须、穿着合适的衣服，他可以打扮成阿拉伯人；牛仔裤配上T恤让他看上去像个西方人，他驾驶着捕捉鲨鱼的三角帆船进出索马里。
With the right beard and clothes he could pass as an Arab; jeans and a t-shirt made him look more Western. He sailed in and out of Somalia on shark-fishing dhows.
三角帆船一直是阿拉伯人在印度洋的主力交通工具，一如中国人仰赖木帆船往返东南亚。
For Arab countries the dhow has been the workhorse of the Indian Ocean, just as the junk has been for the Chinese in Southeast Asia.
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