| 释义 |
▪ I. dyce, dice, adv. Naut.|daɪs|
[History obscure.]
Assumed to mean ‘thus’.
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 40 What is the meaning of ‘very well thus’; ‘dice and no higher’? Her head is in a very good direction, but no closer to the wind. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v., ‘Very Well Dyce.’ (See Thus.) Ibid., Thus, Very Well Thus, or Dyce, the order to the helmsman to keep the ship in her present direction, when sailing close-hauled.
▪ II. dyce, dycer
obs. forms of dice, dicer. |