单词 | to be off the watch |
释义 | > as lemmasto be off the watch a. [Developed from sense 4] That period of time for which each of the divisions of a ship's company (called ‘watches’: see 18) alternately remains on deck; usually four hours, with the exception of the dog-watches (see dogwatch n.). (One's) watch below, off, the time one is off duty. to be off the watch: to be off duty. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > watch > period of a watch watch1585 society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be or come off duty to be off the watch1848 to stand down1915 society > leisure > [noun] > time off remedyc1450 intermission?1566 vacancy1599 by-time1609 off-duty1844 watch below, off1850 stand easy1859 off time1866 time off1881 lay-off1889 make and mend1899 laze-off1924 R and R1952 downtime1971 me time1980 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii. 2 We about the first watch sayled straight towards the port of Carry. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 20 When we had run 30. leagues we had 40. fadom, then 70. then 100. After 2. or 3. watches more we were in 24. fadoms. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 4 As the master of the ship conceived we ran seven leagues in a watch, in four hours. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3317/4 In a Watch and a half..they gained so much of us, that we saw no probability of coming up with them. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 434 He that on the mainmast head While morning kindles with a windy red, Begins a long look-out for distant land, Nor quits, till ev'ning watch, his giddy stand. 1848 W. A. Ross Yacht Voy. Norway, Denmark & Sweden II. 256 The sailors who were below and off the watch, rose as we entered. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket xxi. 101 At eight o'clock in the morning your watch-below comes round, and you are not liable to duty until noon. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Watch,..the word is also applied to the time during which the watch remains on deck, usually four hours, with the exception of the dog-watches. 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being i. 4 I counted seven speeds in one watch, ranging from eight knots to seventeen. 1914 Glasgow Herald 26 Aug. 8 The master was having his watch off, and was lying down amidships. < as lemmas |
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