单词 | single anchor |
释义 | > as lemmassingle anchor single anchor n. (see quot. 1867); also figurative. ΚΠ 1803 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Records) (1941) III. 39 When at Single Anchor, he is to attend the ship at the turnings of the tide and be careful that in little winds the cable be shortened in. 1822 C. Arbuthnot Let. 2 Sept. (1941) 31 I wish you to keep yrself at single anchor, for shd. the Govt. be broken up, you must hurry to me. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. viii. 162 The Ter Schilling..lay at single anchor. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 627 Single anchor, a ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other. < as lemmas |
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