| 单词 | at the seas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the seas 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. < 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。