| 单词 | gentle gale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentle gale gentle gale n. now rare a moderate wind; spec. a wind of a specified force (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > gentle wind auraa1398 breathc1400 air1535 gentle gale1567 zephyr1567 pirriea1614 breeze1626 gentle breeze1635 pirra1722 gale1728 zephyret1777 spill1899 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 27v Hast thou bene counted earst a gentle gale of winde, And dost thou now at length bewray thy fierce and frowarde kinde? 1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 467 This day at 9. in the afternoone the wind at Northeast with a gentle gale, we hald along Southeast by East. 1719 Orig. Weekly Jrnl. 3 Oct. That Evening and Night we had a gentle Gale;..when about Four o'Clock, within a League of Antegoa, to our great Amazement, we struck twice on a Rock, but, by the Advantage of a gentle Gale, we then got off, without Damage. a1808 A. Dalrymple in W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (1815) 57/2 1. Faint Air, 2. Light Air,..4. Gentle Breeze, 5. Fresh Breeze, 6. Gentle Gale. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gentle gale, in which a ship carries royals and flying-kites; force 4. 1898 Country Life Illustr. 21 May 618/1 The little coasting vessels remain at anchor in spite of calm seas and gentle gales that seem to be favourable. 2018 Coastal Leader (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 4 July 12 At the start of the game, there was a gentle gale favoring the township end. < as lemmas |
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