英语词汇“to have or keep the weather gage of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. The position of one vessel with reference to another and the wind. In phrase to have or keep the weather gage of: to be to windward of; also figurative to get the better of. Subsequently also in lee gage (see quots. 1644, 1794).

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1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. C2^v The rest..entred as far as the place permitted & their own necessities, to keep the weather gage of the enemy.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. (at cited word) When one ship is to-weather of another, she hath, as they terme it, the weather-gage, but they never use to say, the Lee-gage.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 78 Weather Gage, is when one Ship has the Wind (or is to Weather) of another.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 57 They tacked, when at about two leagues distance, in order to gain the weather gage.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 253 Lee-gage, a ship or fleet to leeward of another is said to have the lee-gage.

1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 14 Taken aback with a fine breeze at N.W. which gave us the weather-gage, whilst the Enemy's Fleet kept the southerly gage.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 523 After a variety of movements in which Suffrein still kept the weather gage, the two fleets came to action.

1835–40 J. M. Wilson's Tales Bord. (1859) XX. 270 He has got the weather gage of them, and for us to run down to them would be to run ourselves into the lion's mouth.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lee-guage.

单词	to have or keep the weather gage of
释义	> as lemmas to have or keep the weather gage of a. The position of one vessel with reference to another and the wind. In phrase to have or keep the weather gage of: to be to windward of; also figurative to get the better of. Subsequently also in lee gage (see quots. 1644, 1794). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > weather-gauge gauge1591 wind-gauge1652 weather-gauge1892 1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. C2^v The rest..entred as far as the place permitted & their own necessities, to keep the weather gage of the enemy. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. (at cited word) When one ship is to-weather of another, she hath, as they terme it, the weather-gage, but they never use to say, the Lee-gage. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 78 Weather Gage, is when one Ship has the Wind (or is to Weather) of another. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 57 They tacked, when at about two leagues distance, in order to gain the weather gage. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 253 Lee-gage, a ship or fleet to leeward of another is said to have the lee-gage. 1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 14 Taken aback with a fine breeze at N.W. which gave us the weather-gage, whilst the Enemy's Fleet kept the southerly gage. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. v. 523 After a variety of movements in which Suffrein still kept the weather gage, the two fleets came to action. 1835–40 J. M. Wilson's Tales Bord. (1859) XX. 270 He has got the weather gage of them, and for us to run down to them would be to run ourselves into the lion's mouth. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lee-guage. extracted from gaugen. < as lemmas
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