| 单词 | to make an offing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (also gain, secure, etc.) an offing b. A position at a distance from a shore, esp. beyond inshore navigational dangers; distance from a shore. Also in extended use. Frequently in to make (also gain, secure, etc.) an offing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > position > position at a distance off shore offing1664 1664 T. Allin Jrnl. 15 July in R. C. Anderson Jrnls. Sir T. Allin (1939) I. 143 We were near the length of the South Head of the Goodwin, but a great offing and much wind and rain and a deep sea, that our Admiral was forced to take in his main topsail. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 31/1 An Offen or Offing is to be out in the open Sea from the shore-ward. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 119 By Nine a Clock at Night we had got a pretty good Offin. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 83 We were fortunate enough by noon to have gained an offing of near twenty leagues. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. v. 25 The horses..seemed, in order to secure a good offing, to shy off towards the deep valley. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. vii. viii. 218 A sailing vessel..could lie out upon either tack, and make an offing. 1883 W. C. Russell Sea Queen II. ii. 21 My father had..kept so wide an offing that the English shores were but little more than a cloud upon the distant water. 1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide ix. 171 The schooner—well, if she is lucky, she makes an offing or finds better holding ground at another place. 1969 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float (1976) x. 109 ‘St. Pierre,’ I cried back. ‘Heading to clear Cape St. Mary's with a five-mile offing.’ 1986 Motor Boat & Yachting July 81/1 From the north, it needs to be given a decent offing to avoid The Stones just by the breakwater. < as lemmas |
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