sea legsn.

Etymology: Compare French avoir le pied marin.

jocular.

In phrases, to have or get one's sea legs on, to find one's sea legs, to have or acquire the power of walking steadily on the deck of a ship. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > in something specified

engineership1652

to have one's sea legs on1712

adeptship1816

social skills1923

chops1968

society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become accustomed to the sea

to find one's sea legs1712

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > power of > on or after being on a ship

to have one's sea legs on1712

land legs1871

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 8 They had..got their Sea-Legs.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ii. 12 In addition to all this, I had not got my ‘sea legs on’.

1895 D. Lloyd George Let. 27 Mar. (1973) 83 I have got my sea legs in the House. They now listen to me with deference.

1898 S. Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home xii. 286 I have been..a seaman for fifteen years, and have never yet found my sea-legs.

1977 Rolling Stone 7 Apr. 78/3 Sailin', then, is a solid album by a promising singer/songwriter who is still finding her sea legs.

Derivatives

sea-legged adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [adjective] > adapted to seafaring life

sea-legged1913

sea-salted1925

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > able to walk > on ship

sea-legged1913

1913 W. de la Mare Peacock Pie 109 Here is a sea-legged sailor.

1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 55 Goodbye to the man on the sea-legged deck.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	sea legs
释义	sea legsn. Etymology: Compare French avoir le pied marin. jocular. In phrases, to have or get one's sea legs on, to find one's sea legs, to have or acquire the power of walking steadily on the deck of a ship. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > in something specified engineership1652 to have one's sea legs on1712 adeptship1816 social skills1923 chops1968 society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become accustomed to the sea to find one's sea legs1712 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > power of > on or after being on a ship to have one's sea legs on1712 land legs1871 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 8 They had..got their Sea-Legs. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ii. 12 In addition to all this, I had not got my ‘sea legs on’. 1895 D. Lloyd George Let. 27 Mar. (1973) 83 I have got my sea legs in the House. They now listen to me with deference. 1898 S. Baring-Gould Old Eng. Home xii. 286 I have been..a seaman for fifteen years, and have never yet found my sea-legs. 1977 Rolling Stone 7 Apr. 78/3 Sailin', then, is a solid album by a promising singer/songwriter who is still finding her sea legs. Derivatives sea-legged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [adjective] > adapted to seafaring life sea-legged1913 sea-salted1925 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > able to walk > on ship sea-legged1913 1913 W. de la Mare Peacock Pie 109 Here is a sea-legged sailor. 1946 D. Thomas Deaths & Entrances 55 Goodbye to the man on the sea-legged deck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1712
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