| 单词 | at sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat sea 10. at sea. extracted from sean. a. Out on the sea, on ship-board; (sailing, trafficking, fighting, etc.) on the sea; in employment as a sailor. Also †at the seas. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] > at sea at seaa1400 on seaboard1535 at the seas1585 the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adverb] > at sea at seaa1400 outc1450 afloat?1473 at the seas1585 by sea1625 offshore1745 society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > in seafaring employment or enterprises [phrase] at sea1836 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13284 At see sant Iohn and Iam he fand. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. v. 4 Wee discouered at the Seas [Fr. en plaine mer] two Foystes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 177 Thou knowst that all my fortunes are at sea . View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. v. 491 The beake-heads..which were taken from them in a conflict at sea. 1672 C. Manners in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 24 The Duke is at sea allready, to draw by his example others to the fleete. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) iii. 55 To persuade the World how considerable the King of France was..at Sea. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §316 The light may be seen at sea much stronger..than it can from a great elevation at land. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 90 I have not been long at sea, and, of course, cannot know much about these things. b. figurative. In a state of mind resembling the condition of a ship which is out of sight of land and has lost her bearings; in a state of uncertainty or perplexity, at a loss. Also all at sea. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xxvii. 440 If a court of equity were still at sea, and floated upon the occasional opinion which the judge who happened to preside might entertain of conscience in every particular case. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 486 If there were not the same rules of property in all courts, all things would be as it were at sea; and under the greatest uncertainty. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) ii. ix. 397 She was so plainly at sea on this part of the case..that Clennam was much disposed to regard the appearance as a dream. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 219 I was rather surprised to find that he seemed all at sea, and had no one ready to go with me. c. worse things happen at sea and variants: a consolatory catchphrase. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > consolation or relief [phrase] > consolatory (all the same in) a hundred years (hence)1647 worse things happen at sea1829 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 346 The Fancy were too game to complain.., contenting themselves with the old saying, ‘that worse accidents occur at sea!’ 1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk v. 41 To be poor is not always pleasant, but worse things than that happen at sea. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway xii. 297 Oh well, worse things happen at sea. I expect we shall get over it. 1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket viii. 97 Worse things 'ave 'appened at sea, he told himself, if 'e shoots..you'll 'ardly feel a thing. < as lemmas |
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