单词 | golden yardarm |
释义 | > as lemmasGolden Yardarm Golden Yardarm n. Nautical (chiefly historical) (with the) (a name for) Orion's Belt.In early use called the Golden Yard. ΚΠ 1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 316 Seamen have called it [sc. Orion's belt] the Golden Yard-arm. 1979 R. A. Gallant Constellations 123 Sailors once knew this trio of stars as the Golden Yard Arm. 1994 Soap Operas of Sky v. 18 European seamen named the Belt the ‘Golden Yardarm’, while tradesmen referred to it as the ‘Yardstick’. < as lemmas |
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