单词 | to cheer ship |
释义 | > as lemmasto cheer ship b. transitive. Nautical. To salute (a ship) with a shout or cheer; spec. (of a crew stationed on deck) to salute formally (a passing ship) with three cheers; frequently in to cheer ship. Also intransitive with to. ΚΠ 1669 T. Allin Jrnl. 12 Feb. (1940) (modernized text) II. 85 I cheered to him [sc. a ship] and gave him his ticket. 1789 Diary of Royal Tour 39 As they came a-head of the Southampton, their men on the yards cheer'd. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd. 1803 in D. Knox Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (1941) III. 134 After the garrison saluted we cheeard ship. 1843 Proc. Court of Inq. Mutiny Somers 14/1 All hands were then called to cheer ship and gave three hearty cheers. 1908 J. Masefield Capt. Margaret xii. 404 The sloop's men cheered the ship. The men of the Broken Heart answered with a single cheer. 1995 J. Winton Signals from Falklands 203 Her ship's company lined the side and cheered ship for Stena Seaspread. < as lemmas |
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