| 单词 | at road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat road ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [phrase] > at anchor at (also at an, at the, on) anchorOE at road1439 1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §52. m. 3 Yn defaute of cables and ancres for here seid schippes and vesseles, where as they be at rode. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 254 The seid ship lying at Rode in the Kynges haven. 1561 T. Sternhold et al. Foure Score & Seuen Psalmes civ. f. cxvii There both mightie shippes saile, and some lye at roade. 1596 R. Southwell Triumphs over Death 18 God..casteth your anchours where your thoghts should lie at rhode. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlii. 131 Such vessels as have laine for a while at quiet rode in the harbor. a1669 W. Somner Treat. Rom. Ports & Forts Kent (1693) 45 It was sometime (saith Mr. Lambard) a good sure and commodious Haven, where many vessels used to lye at road. 1696 R. Coke Detection Court & State Eng. I. ii. i. 6 The English Navy, lay at Road unarmed, and fit for ruin. < as lemmas |
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