单词 | to be shot |
释义 | > as lemmasto be shot b. To cause (a vessel) to move forward suddenly or swiftly. to shoot (a vessel) to: to bring it by ‘shooting’ to a required position. †to be shot: of a vessel, to have advanced (a certain distance or to a certain point). Cf. sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > have (specific) shape [verb (intransitive)] > assume definite shape to be shota1450 inform1588 crystallize1796 shape1865 jell1908 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner shoota1450 run1533 to shoot toc1540 push1657 to crowd (a ship) off1743 sweat1890 surf1965 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > be low [verb (intransitive)] > appear as if thrust down to be shota1450 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > have advanced a certain distance to be shot1555 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 187 Þei schetteþ [c1450 Digby scheten] here schippes togidre & casteþ out plankes or brugges..& fighteþ hand at hande. 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 353 When yow reken yowre selfe as farre shotte as cape de las Palmas. 1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xxii. 60 You..shall be well shotte towardes the banke of Silley. 1588 Fenner in State Papers Defeat Spanish Armada (1894) I. 242 Being shot some ten leagues off South and by West of Ushant. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §137 A north-west wind would shoot the sloop clear of the house reef. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 316 Her sails tend to shoot her a-head. 1849 W. S. Mayo Kaloolah (1850) vi. 50 With a sweep of his paddle he turned the bow of his boat from us, and with a few vigorous strokes shot it ahead. 1887 G. B. Goode Rev. Fishery Industries U.S. iv. 132 Shooting to. This evolution is peculiar to fore and aft rigged vessels... To shoot a schooner to, it is only necessary, when sailing by the wind, to put the wheel part way down, and as she comes head to wind to keep her in that position by the management of the helm until her headway is stopped. < as lemmas |
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