单词 | in wake of |
释义 | > as lemmasin wake of b. Nautical in transferred uses: (a) In the direct line aft from (any object on board ship, or any specified part of her). Usually in wake of. (b) In the line of sight of (an observed object). (c) In the line of recoil of (a gun). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [adverb] > in the line of sight of in the wake of1711 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > in line of gun's recoil in the wake of1711 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > in the rear (of) [phrase] on, in steerc1374 a sternc1500 on stern1616 astern of1634 in wake of1711 (a) (b)1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Two distant objects observed at sea are called in the wake of each other, when the view of the farthest is intercepted by the nearest.(c)c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 69 They give..support to the beams in the wake of the guns.1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. xviii. §288. 303 In the wake of the explosion of the heavy guns, as at the embrasures, etc., the whole of the frames are of the larger size.1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 44 The Timbers to be equally scarfed, the Middle of one Timber being in the Wake of the Head and Heels of the others. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 138 We found our own Main-top-mast sprung in the Wake of the Cap. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 5 The bottom was strengthened by doubling the whole of the inner plates up to the turn of the bilge for 50 feet in wake of the engines. 1879 W. H. White Ship-building in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 61/1 These longitudinal tie-plates form excellent strengthenings to the deck in wake of the principal hatchways. 1896 Daily News 4 Nov. 2/4 The deck, which was also found to be started in the wake of the mast. < as lemmas |
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