英语词汇“to come to grapnel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. A small anchor with three or more flukes, used esp. for boats, and for securing a balloon on its descent. †to come to grapnel: to come to anchor.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > grapnel

grapnel1373

grapple1623

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > anchor

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1373 [see sense 1a]. 1485-6 [see sense 1a].

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 101 We wayed our Grapnel and went away.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 24 Having lost our Grapnell among the rocks.

1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 16 Casting our Grabnell or Anchor over-board.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 360 Eighteen half gallies..came to grapnel a-head of the Centurion.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. vii. 191 The boats were to..drop their grapnels till daylight.

1864 Daily Tel. 10 June The grapnel was lowered; it took the ground at once; and the balloon slowly descended.

figurative and in extended use.1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick ii. 8 With anxious grapnels I had sounded my pocket.1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 46 To lay hold of the working boys and young men of England by any educational grapnel whatever.1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. iii. 176 The form of the spicules which make up the structure of the substance of the sponge, and the form of the double grapnel of the sarcode.

单词	to come to grapnel
释义	> as lemmas to come to grapnel 2. A small anchor with three or more flukes, used esp. for boats, and for securing a balloon on its descent. †to come to grapnel: to come to anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > grapnel grapnel1373 grapple1623 grappling1626 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > anchor grapnel1864 1373 [see sense 1a]. 1485-6 [see sense 1a]. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 101 We wayed our Grapnel and went away. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 24 Having lost our Grapnell among the rocks. 1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 16 Casting our Grabnell or Anchor over-board. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 360 Eighteen half gallies..came to grapnel a-head of the Centurion. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. vii. 191 The boats were to..drop their grapnels till daylight. 1864 Daily Tel. 10 June The grapnel was lowered; it took the ground at once; and the balloon slowly descended. figurative and in extended use.1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick ii. 8 With anxious grapnels I had sounded my pocket.1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ii. 46 To lay hold of the working boys and young men of England by any educational grapnel whatever.1877 C. W. Thomson Voy. ‘Challenger’ I. iii. 176 The form of the spicules which make up the structure of the substance of the sponge, and the form of the double grapnel of the sarcode. extracted from grapneln. < as lemmas
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