| 单词 | anchors aweigh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanchors aweigh P4. anchors aweigh (also anchors away): used predicatively or as an exclamation to indicate the beginning of a voyage or (by extension) any activity, event, enterprise, etc.The development of the phrase is influenced by the U.S. Navy song of the same name (see quot. 1906). The song's original lyrics use the established phrase anchor's aweigh (cf., e.g., quot. 1838 at aweigh adv. 1), but variation between this form and anchors aweigh is found from the first sheet music publication, where the cover title is in the latter form and the title heading the song itself in the former. ΚΠ 1906 C. A. Zimmerman & A. H. Miles Anchors Aweigh (sheet music) 5 Roll up the score Navy Anchor's Aweigh Sail Navy down the field And Sink the Army, Sink the Army Grey!] 1914 W. O. Stevens Story of Our Navy viii. 101 After the work on the Essex was finished, it was ‘anchors aweigh’, with bows pointing again toward Valparaiso. 1930 Anniston (Alabama) Star 28 May 7/5 Anchors aweigh! Good-bye to sweltering heat and the things of every day. We are Northward bound along the Cool Green Road to Vacation-land. 2015 @Manny_the_Lion 22 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) All I gotta do is make it through one more semester and then it's anchors away my boys! Anchors away! < as lemmas |
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