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

1. Nautical. Of a ship: To come almost to a standstill, with her head as near the wind as possible, by backing or shortening sail.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > lie to

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to lie by1623

to lay by1697

to lie to1711

to lay to1798

1711 J. Littleton Let. 13 Aug. in London Gaz. No. 4906/3 The largest of them lay too a long time.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 79 Another storm..reduced us to the necessity of lying to under our bare poles.

1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 160 We shortened sail, and lay too till morning.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 117/2 It blew a strong gale..on which Lieut. Roper handed all his sails, except the mizen, which he balanced, and lay to.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxvi. 212 Take a turn round the capstan, and lie-to for the tide.

2. Scottish. To come to be fond of a person.

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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 79 I do like him sair, An' that he wad ly too [1789 p. 85 like me], I hae nae fear.

单词	to lie to
释义	> as lemmas to lie to to lie to 1. Nautical. Of a ship: To come almost to a standstill, with her head as near the wind as possible, by backing or shortening sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > lie to trya1584 to lie by1623 to lay by1697 to lie to1711 to lay to1798 1711 J. Littleton Let. 13 Aug. in London Gaz. No. 4906/3 The largest of them lay too a long time. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 79 Another storm..reduced us to the necessity of lying to under our bare poles. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 160 We shortened sail, and lay too till morning. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 117/2 It blew a strong gale..on which Lieut. Roper handed all his sails, except the mizen, which he balanced, and lay to. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxvi. 212 Take a turn round the capstan, and lie-to for the tide. 2. Scottish. To come to be fond of a person. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 79 I do like him sair, An' that he wad ly too [1789 p. 85 like me], I hae nae fear. extracted from liev.¹ < as lemmas
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