单词 | to draw deep |
释义 | > as lemmasto draw deep a. transitive. Of a ship or boat: to require (a specified depth of water) for floating. Also intransitive with adverb, as in to draw deep. Also figurative. [Of uncertain motivation. Probably originally with reference to displacement. Compare French tirer, literally ‘to draw’, in similar use (apparently not found in this sense in Middle French).] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > have qualities or attributes [verb (transitive)] > draw a certain amount drawc1487 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 266 Vessailes as cary over thise myghty and grete eliphauntes, what for that they drawe depe, and moche high of bourde..they stonde in grete ieopardie of the said see. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 7 The smauler vesselles which drewe no great depthe [L. quibus non magno opus erat fundo], entered. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. Cv She drawes but xi. foote water. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B4 You may easily sound what depth of witts they drawe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 261 Light boates saile swift, though greater hulkes draw deepe. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 54 The Ships that drawes most water are commonly the most wholsome. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 5 Two feet more water than the ship drew. 1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 59 Our barge drawing too much water to pass the shallows. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 321/2 Steamers for the Zambesi..should not draw over 18 inches. 1984 Pract. Boat Owner Feb. 52/2 Voortrekker..draws eight and a half feet. 2003 M. Kraak & F. Ormeling Cartography (ed. 2) iii. 43/2 If a ship draws only 3 m, then all the depth information beyond the 3 m isobath can be omitted. < as lemmas |
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