| 单词 | all at sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall at sea b. figurative. In a state of mind resembling the condition of a ship which is out of sight of land and has lost her bearings; in a state of uncertainty or perplexity, at a loss. Also all at sea. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xxvii. 440 If a court of equity were still at sea, and floated upon the occasional opinion which the judge who happened to preside might entertain of conscience in every particular case. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 486 If there were not the same rules of property in all courts, all things would be as it were at sea; and under the greatest uncertainty. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) ii. ix. 397 She was so plainly at sea on this part of the case..that Clennam was much disposed to regard the appearance as a dream. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 219 I was rather surprised to find that he seemed all at sea, and had no one ready to go with me. < as lemmas |
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