| 单词 | to do a porpoise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do a porpoise a. slang. to do a porpoise: (of a submarine) to execute a sharp, near-vertical dive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > submerge or travel under water (of submarine) dive1872 submerge1903 crash-dive1928 to do a porpoise1929 snort1953 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 105 Porpoise, doing a, said when a submarine dives down nose first at a sharp angle. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 74 Doing a porpoise, said of a submarine taking a sharp dive. < as lemmas |
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