英语词汇“luff the helm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. transitive. To bring the head of (a vessel) nearer to the wind. Also with up. Also luff the helm (the call or order to the steersman).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > luff or turn to windward

luffa1616

to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750

bring to the wind1836

round1852

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 17 She once being looft, The Noble ruine of her Magicke, Anthony, Claps on his Sea-wing, and..flyes after her.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xxii. 95 Loff, loff, cry'd the Quarter-master..keep her full, loff the Helm. Loff: it is, answer'd the Steer~man.

1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 137 Washington..with a hard-a-lee, luffed up his ship at once to the gale.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xxiii. 149 We carefully luffed her up to the wind.

单词	luff the helm
释义	> as lemmas luff the helm 2. transitive. To bring the head of (a vessel) nearer to the wind. Also with up. Also luff the helm (the call or order to the steersman). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > luff or turn to windward luffa1616 to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 bring to the wind1836 round1852 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 17 She once being looft, The Noble ruine of her Magicke, Anthony, Claps on his Sea-wing, and..flyes after her. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xxii. 95 Loff, loff, cry'd the Quarter-master..keep her full, loff the Helm. Loff: it is, answer'd the Steer~man. 1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 137 Washington..with a hard-a-lee, luffed up his ship at once to the gale. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xxiii. 149 We carefully luffed her up to the wind. extracted from luffv. < as lemmas
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