| 单词 | to double upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto double upon b. intransitive. To get round. to double upon (in naval warfare): to get round to the other side of (an enemy's fleet), so as to enclose it between two fires. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > enclose between two fires to double upon1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Line The lee-line..cannot so easily double upon the van..of the enemy. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 91 Nelson's feat of doubling, or stationing his ships one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Doubling upon..a hostile fleet..as Nelson did at the Nile. 1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 16 751/2 I doubled nimbly round a couple of corners, and paused again. < as lemmas |
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