| 单词 | a pair of oars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pair of oars a. In plural. A rowing boat. Esp. in a pair of oars: a boat rowed by two people. Now archaic.In quot. 1611 denoting the oarsmen. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat rowboat1502 rowing boat1515 oars1598 pulling boat1832 pull-away1939 oary boat1985 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for specific number of rowers a pair of oars1598 ten1642 four-oar1844 pair-oar1853 six-oar1856 two-oar1857 four1861 sixern1866 gig-pair1869 pair1885 eight1898 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trasti della barca... Used also in Venice for the highest or chiefe place in a gondola, as we saie the cushions in a paire of oares. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 203 Ouerturning..the little Oares or Whirries in the Sea. 1611 Tarlton's Jests (1866) 196 Tarlton..caused a paire of oares to tend him, who at night called on him to be gone. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 80 To take..a pair of oars to Greenwitch. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 13 July (1972) VI. 156 There being no oares to carry me, I was fain to call a Sculler. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 101 He..went into a pair of Oares that was ready. 1724 D. Defoe Fortunate Mistress 384 Amy smil'd, and said nothing, but call'd for a Pair of Oars to go to Greenwich. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 269 Tilt-boats, Wherries, Oars, or Scullars. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Hist. Henry Esmond II. ii. iii. 42 A pair of oars was called, and they went up the river to Chelsea. 1866 ‘Argonaut’ Arts Rowing & Training 58 In these..two men row a pair of oars. 1980 E. Jong Fanny iii. vi. 346 We reach'd the Privy Stairs near Whitehall and hir'd a Pair of Oars to take us as far as the Wharves. < as lemmas |
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