transitive. Nautical. to miss stays: to fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. Also figurative.
| 单词 | θ203286 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking > fail to (2) to miss stays1691 transitive. Nautical. to miss stays: to fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. Also figurative. mis-stay1829 intransitive. Of a ship: to fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。