| 单词 | to get fast |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get fast f. Whaling. Of a whaling boat: attached to a whale it has harpooned. Of a whale: struck with a harpoon that is attached by rope to a whaling boat. Also in to get fast: to become attached to a whale by striking it with a harpoon; = fasten v. 12b. Now historical.In early use difficult to distinguish from sense 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [adjective] > of or like a whale > harpooned fast1784 society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [adjective] > attacked by harpoon fast1784 1784 Trans. Soc. Arts 2 200 One may get fast, so as to do execution, about fifteen fathoms from the Fish, but not more. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. iv. 320 Whether the fish, at the time of being harpooned by the second ship, was fast or loose? 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 444 Amongst this run of fish, the king George was fast to three. 1895 W. Barron Old Whaling Days 33 We got fast to one and had her killed in five hours. 1982 H. Morton Whale's Wake 232 The Australians..insisted that the whaleboat must be ‘fast’. < as lemmas |
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