英语词汇“to keep on a split yarn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to keep on a split yarn and variants: to keep in a state of alert. Nautical slang.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > arouse to vigilance > keep in a state of vigilance

to keep on a split yarn1929

1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 298/2 Having everything on a split yarn, ready to start at once.

1958 W. King Stick & Stars 73 All submariners had to be kept on a split yarn in case England was invaded.

单词	to keep on a split yarn
释义	> as lemmas to keep on a split yarn c. to keep on a split yarn and variants: to keep in a state of alert. Nautical slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > arouse to vigilance > keep in a state of vigilance to keep on a split yarn1929 1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 298/2 Having everything on a split yarn, ready to start at once. 1958 W. King Stick & Stars 73 All submariners had to be kept on a split yarn in case England was invaded. extracted from splitadj. < as lemmas
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