| 释义 |
unˈstow, v.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To take out of stowage; to clear (a hold, etc.) of the articles stowed in it.
1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 75 Half the hold must have been unstow'd to get at them. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 106 We..unstow'd the Anchor, to be in Readiness. 1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames ii. 59 The Lumpers unstowed the casks in the hold. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. x. 105 We have to unstow the hold, and deposit its contents in the store-house. 1891Labour Commission Gloss., Unstowing or Breaking out, the act of conveying the goods packed in a ship from the place occupied whilst travelling to the square immediately under the hatchway.
fig.1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xli, When they found my hold unstowed, they went all hands to shooling and begging. |