单词 | amidships |
释义 | amidshipsadv.adj. A. adv. 1. In the middle of a ship or other waterborne vessel, either longitudinally, as opposed to afore or abaft, or (now less commonly) laterally, as opposed to port or starboard. Also (occasionally): to or towards the middle of a ship or other waterborne vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > middle of vessel > [adverb] amidship1644 amidships1692 midships1779 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 76 He who cuns the Ship uses these terms to him at Helm, Starboard, Larboard, Port, Helm a Midships. 1699 W. A. Cowley Voy. round Globe v, in W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. i. 37 We took up our Water Cask from out of the Main Hatch to the Floor, and cleared the Limbers amid-Ships. 1789 E. Riou Jrnl. 24 Dec. in Last Voy. of Guardian (1990) 63 Nothing was in my power but to keep the head sheets well off and to put the helm amidships. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 149 I moved round more amidships. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene xl. 346 The vessel..had parted amidships. 1914 Glasgow Herald 26 Aug. 8 The master was having his watch off, and was lying down amidships. 2013 Navy News Nov. 23/1 We located the Melpol 50 minutes after take-off and saw she was heavily ablaze amidships. 2. In extended use. a. In, to, or towards the middle of anything, esp. another type of vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > near the centre amidships1832 subcentrally1843 amidship1910 1832 N. Ames Naut. Reminisc. xvi. 130 Those that wear the bow on the right side are wives, those that wear it on the left are maids.., and those that wear it right amidships are engaged! 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 169/1 On your left, amidships in the North side of the square, was the original Alta California office. 1911 A. F. Zahm Aërial Navigation 240 It was a tandem monoplane driven by twin screws amidships. 2001 Car & Driver Dec. 51/1 Like the F50's V-12 (but not the F40's twin-turbo V-8), the FX's V-12 is naturally aspirated and mounted amidships. b. colloquial. spec. In or on the belly or midriff. ΚΠ 1860 Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Aug. 117/1 As though the Champion of England had ‘caught him right amidships’. 1886 P. D. Haywood Cruise of Alabama viii. 93 He gave Buster a whack amidships. 1983 D. Poyer Return of Philo T. McGiffin (1997) iii. 57 His interrogator was sloppy, bulgy amidships, and fat-faced. 2007 D. Pitman Wild Life (2008) xi. 277 The calf..went from nought to 60 in about two seconds. It hit me amidships. B. adj. Situated or occurring in or towards the middle of a ship or other waterborne vessel. ΚΠ 1834 N.Y. Mirror 17 May 361/1 We all run down into the fo'castle, and there, sure enough, at the foot of the amidships-stanchion, was a dark-red spot—a spot of blood! 1934 Pop. Mech. May 749/2 A false bottom should be made for the amidships section [of the rowboat]. 1996 Chesapeake Bay Feb. 77/1 A majority of trawlers have a double-or triple-cabin layout..and raised main salon located above the amidships engine room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1692 |
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