| 单词 | backing and filling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbacking and filling 4. Motion in a backward direction, esp. of the wind in a direction opposed to the sun's. backing and filling (see back v. 16b). U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > change of direction > specific scant1595 veering1611 backing1686 westing1834 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement back and forth course and recourse1461 backing and filling1777 come-and-go1794 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 va-et-vient1919 the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > accumulation of water behind barrier > forming a head heading up1873 backing1884 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 25 Who foretold them by the Winds backing to the Sun..i.e. opposing its course. 1777 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1906) XLII. 315 He was then order'd..to Stillwarter, then ordered from Stillwarter to Benington... This in the Salers Frase is Backing & filling, makes but poor way a head. 1854 N.Y. Herald 15 June There has been so much backing and filling, not only upon the Cuban question, but upon every other. 1869 R. Semmes Mem. Service Afloat 255 The reader need no longer wonder at the backing and filling of the Iroquois around the little Sumter. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 75 From West to South-West, South, and South-East, the change is called backing. 1884 Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. 876/2 Rivers would be able to dispose of their water in the full season without its backing up. < as lemmas |
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