| 单词 | shaft-alley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshaft-alley shaft-alley n. Nautical (see quot. 1884); also used attributively to designate unofficial or unreliable information or its source, attributed to gossip in shaft-alley. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] shaft-alley1884 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > passage containing propeller-shaft shaft-alley1884 1884 Naval Encycl. 732/1 Shaft-alley, a passage extending from the engine-room to the stern..in which is contained the propeller-shaft and its bearings. 1922 L. Hisey Sea Grist 155 It was rumored by shaft alley wireless that we would reach Antwerp, Belgium, in two days. 1941 R. G. M. Ehlers Diary of Ship's Surgeon (1944) 67 A ‘shaft alley’ rumor brought word that all ships had been ordered out of Hong Kong. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Aug. 7–0/5 It's the job of these six men to go down to the nethermost portion of this ship in ‘Shaft Alley’, where the big propeller shafts whirl. < as lemmas |
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