| 单词 | to fall in leak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall in leak a. A hole or fissure in a vessel containing or immersed in a fluid, by which the latter enters or escapes from the vessel, so as to cause loss or injury: said originally and esp. of ships; also in †to fall in leak, to spring a leak. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun] leak1487 leakagec1503 leaking1611 sipage1825 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun] > hole or fissure in vessel containing fluid leak1487 leakage1776 society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > take in water > develop a leak to fall in leak1487 to spring a leak1624 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > a leak leak1487 inleck1582 leakage1776 1487 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 25 The stopping of lekes. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 131 Lost in a ship..by occasion of a leke falling in the same. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vi. 67 The jonit barge, Sa full of riftis, and with lekkis perbraik. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 If..the shippe..happen to fall in leke. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 122 We found a great leake in the stemme of our ship. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 The next day the lesser ship sprung a leake. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 19 Sling a man ouer-boord to stop the leake. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. viii. 20 Many little leaks may sink a ship. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 11 Consider well before a leck begin, It seemes I heare the water wheesing in. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 56 We found our Ship had sprung a Lake. 1782 W. Cowper Loss Royal George 19 She sprang no fatal leak. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xviii. 25 Rent was the sail, and strain'd the mast, And many a leak was gaping fast. < as lemmas |
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