| 释义 |
schoon, v. rare.|skuːn|
[See etym. note at schooner n.1 The modern examples represent a fanciful back-formation from this n.]
a. intr. To sail or skim over the water, esp. in the manner of a schooner.
b. trans. To run or glance (one's mind) over (something). Hence ˈschooning vbl. n.
With quot. 1836 cf. etym. note s.v. schooner n.1
1836J. R. Newhall Essex Memorial 100 Capt. R[obinson] had constructed a vessel which he masted and rigged in the manner that schooners at this day are, and on her going off the stocks into the water, a bystander cried out, ‘O how she scoons!’ Robinson instantly replied, ‘A schooner let her be.’ 1937O. Nash in New Yorker 13 Feb. 20/2 Where the schooner schoons, I schoon. 1959I. Jefferies 13 Days ix. 115, I spent my time schooning my mind over the calculations. |