单词 | to lose company |
释义 | > as lemmasto lose company d. Nautical. to lose company: (of a ship) to become separated at sea from another ship or from the main fleet; also with of, with; (of two or more ships) to become separated at sea. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > separate or part company to fall off1577 to lose company1578 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 7 If any Shyppe shall happen to lose company by force of weather. 1628 World Encompassed by Sir F. Drake 17 The same night our flyboate the Swanne lost company of vs. 1674 J. Janeway Legacy to Friends 54 Two ships bound for New-found-Land,..whom by distress of Weather, lost Company. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4521/1 The Anglesea and Sunderland lost Company with us. 1789 N. Portlock Voy. round World iii. 49 A very thick fog came on, but we were fortunate enough not to lose company. 1868 R. H. Major Life Prince Henry of Portugal xii. 207 Rodrigueannes de Travaços lost company of the other caravels on their way to Cape Verde. 1938 J. H. Owen War at Sea under Queen Anne viii. 253 A third [ship] was to lose company when reconnoitring Dunkirk that evening. 1998 D. F. Marley Wars of Americas 90/2 At this point Mosquito loses company with Watts's formation. < as lemmas |
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