| 单词 | land legs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland legs land legs n. [compare sea legs n.] used to designate the ability to walk comfortably on land after being at sea, in a train, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > power of > on or after being on a ship to have one's sea legs on1712 land legs1871 1871 City-Road Mag. I. 242/1 If Mr. Goschen has had to get his sea-legs on, Jack finds it as difficult to put on his land-legs. 1908 Daily Chron. 10 June 4/4 I had so thoroughly got my sea-legs in the constant tossing about that I had lost my land legs. 1927 Sunday Times 6 Mar. 23/4 The tourists will disembark..and proceed to Teignmouth to spend eighteen days recovering their ‘land legs’ and developing combination. 1938 H. Nicolson Let. 17 Apr. (1966) 337 Have you..recovered your landlegs as yet? After three days in the train one feels the room rocking like after three days at sea. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。