| 单词 | to go on a wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go on a wind e.g. to gain, get, or take the wind of, to get to windward of (another ship) so as to intercept the wind, to get the weather gage of: so to give, have the wind of. to go on a wind: to avail oneself of it for sailing. to keep one's (the, a good) wind, to keep close to the wind without falling away to leeward. to take the wind out of the sails of (fig.), to deprive of one's means of progress, put a check upon the action of, put at a disadvantage. to turn (the) wind, to turn so as to get on the other side of the wind. (For other phrases, as to haul one's wind, to hold a good wind, etc.: see the verbs.)extracted from windn.1< as lemmas |
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