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

†P4. transitive. Nautical. to freshen (one's) way: (esp. of a ship) to increase speed. to freshen a person's way: to hurry a person up. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > push on with speed

expedite1596

to freshen (one's) way1790

1790 Abridgm. Minutes of Evid. Comm. Slave-Trade (House of Commons) No. 2. 229 When his traders were slack, he fired a gun into or over the town, to freshen their way.

1802 Eng. Encycl. IX. 282/1 As the ship accelerates, the wind apparently comes ahead, and we must continue to brace up as the ship freshens her way.

1855 F. Chamier My Trav. I. xi. 177 I freshened my way, and got home as quickly as possible.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 323 Freshen way. When the ship feels the increasing influence of a breeze. Also, when a man quickens his pace.

1911 J. D. Ross Sixty Years II. xxiv. 32 As the villain hung in the wind a bit, Johnnie spun him round and freshened his way with two or three hearty kicks.

单词	to freshen way
释义	> as lemmas to freshen (one's) way †P4. transitive. Nautical. to freshen (one's) way: (esp. of a ship) to increase speed. to freshen a person's way: to hurry a person up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > push on with speed expedite1596 to freshen (one's) way1790 1790 Abridgm. Minutes of Evid. Comm. Slave-Trade (House of Commons) No. 2. 229 When his traders were slack, he fired a gun into or over the town, to freshen their way. 1802 Eng. Encycl. IX. 282/1 As the ship accelerates, the wind apparently comes ahead, and we must continue to brace up as the ship freshens her way. 1855 F. Chamier My Trav. I. xi. 177 I freshened my way, and got home as quickly as possible. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 323 Freshen way. When the ship feels the increasing influence of a breeze. Also, when a man quickens his pace. 1911 J. D. Ross Sixty Years II. xxiv. 32 As the villain hung in the wind a bit, Johnnie spun him round and freshened his way with two or three hearty kicks. extracted from freshenv. < as lemmas
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