| 单词 | high-pooped |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-pooped high-pooped adj. ΚΠ 1821 tr. Homer Iliad I. xviii. 191 Him he found in front of his high-pooped ships, revolving within his mind those things which had already happened. 1889 19th Cent. Jan. 54 The high-pooped galleys. 1921 W. de la Mare Veil & Other Poems 74 That midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass, Sleep. 1992 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 24 July 18 A majestic P. & O. liner was berthed beside our ferry, while freight ships from around the world stood in mid-harbor, surrounded by high-pooped, square-sailed junks. high-pooped Having a poop deck, esp. of a specified kind. Chiefly in high-pooped adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure race-built1622 flush1800 pooped1849 spar-decked1877 well-decked1880 turtle-backed1889 whaleback1891 shade-decked1902 1849 Times 2 Aug. 4/6 A fleet of high-pooped caravels laden with grim Puritans or gay Jacobites and Cavaliers. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia i. 7 Magellan dropped anchor there, with his quaint, high-pooped craft. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 30 Dec. 1/3 There were soldier sentries..ready to shoot from the pooped watch-tower [on a convict-ship]. 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 365/2 For the three wise men who put to sea in a boat, we found viking kings adventuring across wild waters, and Columbus sailing high-pooped caravels into the sunset to find a new world. 1992 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 24 July 18 A majestic P. & O. liner was berthed beside our ferry, while freight ships from around the world stood in mid-harbor, surrounded by high-pooped, square-sailed junks. < as lemmas |
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