| 单词 | stern-foremost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstern-foremost 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. < as lemmas |
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