intransitive. Of a ship or boat: to turn into the wind and come to a standstill. Cf. heave to at heave, v. 20c. Also figurative.
| 单词 | θ203277 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward > in heaving to or stopping (2) to round to1799 intransitive. Of a ship or boat: to turn into the wind and come to a standstill. Cf. heave to at heave, v. 20c. Also figurative. to round up1854 Nautical. intransitive. To turn and come to a standstill; = to round to at phrasal verbs. |
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