单词 | shore leave |
释义 | > as lemmasshore leave shore leave n. leave of absence granted to a sailor to go on shore. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > leave of absence > for sailors shore leave1593 liberty1758 run1821 shore liberty1906 beacher1946 1593 in Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) I. 406 The..supplicatioun..for licence to haue ane impoist and schoir leiwe within thair harbery..of all schippis arryueand to and fra the samyn. 1888 E. L. Dorsey Midshipman Bob 205 They set about making the most of their shore-leave. 1941 ‘C. S. Forester’ Captain from Connecticut xv. 216 Shore leave..meant rum and women. 1974 M. Hastings Dragon Island iv. 37 Darley was leaning on the rail. ‘Shore leave?’ he asked. < as lemmas |
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