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

3. Frequently in to make headway.

a. Originally Nautical. The fact of making progress (originally through water) in a forward direction; forward motion or momentum. Later also: the rate at which this progress is made.

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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > ahead or astern

headway1730

stern-way1769

the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > rate of movement

head1577

rate1751

pace-setting1893

headway1904

1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 87 This is to be understood when the ship has head-way [Fr. va a l'avant]; but if she goes a stern, the effect of the rudder is quite different.

1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 90 This Disposition of the sail with the wind and with the keel, is the most advantagious for making head-way [Fr. aller de l'avant] with only one sail.

1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 332 The vessel in sailing by the wind would make but little head-way, whatever the shape of her bottom might be.

1808 J. H. Sherman Gen. Acct. Miranda's Exped. vii. 83 Surrounded with men, women and children, it was with difficulty they could make head-way through them.

1827 Hamel, Obeah Man II. xxii. 291 His beast had got so much headway, that it was in vain to tug at him.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat made slight head-way against it [sc. the tide].

1904 Motor-car Jrnl. 11 June 332/1 It is anything but pleasing to be obliged to lose the headway that would have carried you up the next hill so nicely.

1979 T. Jones Saga of Wayward Sailor xxi. 228 The weather livened up and soon Fanny Adams was hard put to maintain headway against a strong easterly breeze.

2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 263 No small yacht, whether under sail or power, can make headway against a powerful tidal stream.

b. Without reference to physical motion: progress, advancement.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun]

growingc1380

profitingc1384

increasec1385

bettering?c1425

progress1457

advancementc1475

service1533

progression1586

increment1609

upgrowinga1618

flowering1629

rise1676

development1756

evolution1796

march1818

headway1832

upgrowth1844

upbuilding1876

1832 B. L. Rayner Sketches Life T. Jefferson 204 No headway could be made with such a proposition, against the transcendant [sic] popularity and influence of the present Executive.

1839 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 222/2 Stop, before stop is impossible, the furious headway of that destructive and mad philanthropy.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady v. 159 Rarely, except in the open parishes, do the demagogues make headway.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 23/1 Scherl wrote his paper, solicited the advertisements, circulated it himself, and was the whole editorial and business staff. The paper gained headway slowly.

1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. v. 226 A very typically American turn of phrase that is showing signs of headway in Britain is the replacing of ‘named after’ by ‘named for’.

1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock (1990) xi. 92 The little Chevy's defroster couldn't make much headway on the fogged windshield.

2008 Independent 30 July 9/1 Maybe the spikily radical Scot was never going to make headway against a panel chaired by a Thatcher-era minister.

单词	to make headway
释义	> as lemmas to make headway 3. Frequently in to make headway. a. Originally Nautical. The fact of making progress (originally through water) in a forward direction; forward motion or momentum. Later also: the rate at which this progress is made. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > ahead or astern headway1730 stern-way1769 the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > rate of movement head1577 rate1751 pace-setting1893 headway1904 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 87 This is to be understood when the ship has head-way [Fr. va a l'avant]; but if she goes a stern, the effect of the rudder is quite different. 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 90 This Disposition of the sail with the wind and with the keel, is the most advantagious for making head-way [Fr. aller de l'avant] with only one sail. 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 332 The vessel in sailing by the wind would make but little head-way, whatever the shape of her bottom might be. 1808 J. H. Sherman Gen. Acct. Miranda's Exped. vii. 83 Surrounded with men, women and children, it was with difficulty they could make head-way through them. 1827 Hamel, Obeah Man II. xxii. 291 His beast had got so much headway, that it was in vain to tug at him. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat made slight head-way against it [sc. the tide]. 1904 Motor-car Jrnl. 11 June 332/1 It is anything but pleasing to be obliged to lose the headway that would have carried you up the next hill so nicely. 1979 T. Jones Saga of Wayward Sailor xxi. 228 The weather livened up and soon Fanny Adams was hard put to maintain headway against a strong easterly breeze. 2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 263 No small yacht, whether under sail or power, can make headway against a powerful tidal stream. b. Without reference to physical motion: progress, advancement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] growingc1380 profitingc1384 increasec1385 bettering?c1425 progress1457 advancementc1475 service1533 progression1586 increment1609 upgrowinga1618 flowering1629 rise1676 development1756 evolution1796 march1818 headway1832 upgrowth1844 upbuilding1876 1832 B. L. Rayner Sketches Life T. Jefferson 204 No headway could be made with such a proposition, against the transcendant [sic] popularity and influence of the present Executive. 1839 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 222/2 Stop, before stop is impossible, the furious headway of that destructive and mad philanthropy. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady v. 159 Rarely, except in the open parishes, do the demagogues make headway. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 23/1 Scherl wrote his paper, solicited the advertisements, circulated it himself, and was the whole editorial and business staff. The paper gained headway slowly. 1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. v. 226 A very typically American turn of phrase that is showing signs of headway in Britain is the replacing of ‘named after’ by ‘named for’. 1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock (1990) xi. 92 The little Chevy's defroster couldn't make much headway on the fogged windshield. 2008 Independent 30 July 9/1 Maybe the spikily radical Scot was never going to make headway against a panel chaired by a Thatcher-era minister. extracted from headwayn. < as lemmas
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