英语词汇“stern on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Originally Nautical. With preceding noun, as stern on, broadside on, face on, etc.: with the broadside, stern, etc., directed towards something, esp. the point of contact. Cf. end n. 20a(a), head-on adv., side-on adv.

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the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing

counter1615

on1789

frontingly1859

1789 T. Clements Jrnl. 24 Dec. in Last Voy. Guardian (1990) 40 The ship was going almost stern on, at the rate of about six knotts an hour.

1800 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1804) II. 82 I desired them not to come broadside-to, but stern-on.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 136 We drifted down, broadside on, and went smash into the Lagoda.

1856 Leisure H. V. 332/1 He lost his hold, and fell face on into the water.

1884 Standard 19 May 4 The vessels struck one another stem on.

1919 C. P. Thompson Cocktails 250 It was Neill's plan to gain height and keep nose-on to the stunter's tail to lessen the chance of being spotted.

1969 Jrnl. Inst. Navigation 22 287 This does not always lead to a collision.., while if collision does occur one vessel is likely to be struck by the other almost broadside on.

1989 Times 9 Nov. 14/5 We might be looking at the system slightly more edge-on than face-on.

2000 J. B. Dwyer Wire The World vi. 85 As a heavy snow began falling, the ship swung around, broadside on.

c. stern-foremost: backwards, with the stern (senses 2, 3) first; also figurative. stern on: with the stern presented.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [phrase] > backwards

stern-foremost1840

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > in the rear (of) [phrase] > with the stern presented

stern on1900

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxi. 222 The man..backs out, stern foremost.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance viii. 78 Few of our seeds ever came up at all, or, if they did come up, it was stern-foremost.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide].

1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) June 231 [The ship] thus runs..the risk..of getting stern-on to the heavy sea.

1907 ‘Q’ Poison Island xxv. 244 After a stroke or two I easied and let her back stern-foremost.

单词	stern on
释义	> as lemmas stern on a. Originally Nautical. With preceding noun, as stern on, broadside on, face on, etc.: with the broadside, stern, etc., directed towards something, esp. the point of contact. Cf. end n. 20a(a), head-on adv., side-on adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing counter1615 on1789 frontingly1859 1789 T. Clements Jrnl. 24 Dec. in Last Voy. Guardian (1990) 40 The ship was going almost stern on, at the rate of about six knotts an hour. 1800 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1804) II. 82 I desired them not to come broadside-to, but stern-on. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 136 We drifted down, broadside on, and went smash into the Lagoda. 1856 Leisure H. V. 332/1 He lost his hold, and fell face on into the water. 1884 Standard 19 May 4 The vessels struck one another stem on. 1919 C. P. Thompson Cocktails 250 It was Neill's plan to gain height and keep nose-on to the stunter's tail to lessen the chance of being spotted. 1969 Jrnl. Inst. Navigation 22 287 This does not always lead to a collision.., while if collision does occur one vessel is likely to be struck by the other almost broadside on. 1989 Times 9 Nov. 14/5 We might be looking at the system slightly more edge-on than face-on. 2000 J. B. Dwyer Wire The World vi. 85 As a heavy snow began falling, the ship swung around, broadside on. extracted from onadv.adj.n.¹ stern on c. stern-foremost: backwards, with the stern (senses 2, 3) first; also figurative. stern on: with the stern presented. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [phrase] > backwards stern-foremost1840 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > in the rear (of) [phrase] > with the stern presented stern on1900 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxi. 222 The man..backs out, stern foremost. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance viii. 78 Few of our seeds ever came up at all, or, if they did come up, it was stern-foremost. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide]. 1900 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) June 231 [The ship] thus runs..the risk..of getting stern-on to the heavy sea. 1907 ‘Q’ Poison Island xxv. 244 After a stroke or two I easied and let her back stern-foremost. extracted from sternn.³ < as lemmas
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