| 单词 | long stay apeek |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong stay apeek a. ‘A ship drawn directly over the anchor is apeek; when the forestay and cable form a line, it is short stay apeek; when in a line with the main stay, long stay apeek. The anchor is apeek when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.’ Adm. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [adverb] > held vertically (of oars) a-peak1596 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [adverb] > specific position of anchor or cable a-peak1596 1596 F. Vere Comm. 30 By reason of my riding with my Anchor a pike. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 Is the Anchor a pike, that is, to heaue the Hawse of the ship right ouer the Anchor. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest i. 2 Come, Bullys, chear up! heave lustily. The Anchor's a peek. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 172 The resolution, to order all their anchors to be heaved a-peak. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring iii, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 45 The anchor a-peak, and the sails ready for dropping. < as lemmas |
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