| 单词 | to miss stays |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto miss stays c. transitive. Nautical. to miss stays: to fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking > fail to to miss stays1691 mis-stay1829 1691 London Gaz. No. 2687/3 It was by reason he mist stays. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 i. 83/1 The Invincible, one of his fleet,..missed her stays, and run upon a flat. 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain xvii. 100 It was only three weeks ago that I saw the wife you married at Baltimore... She is inconsolable for your departure. She missed stays just after you shoved off your boat. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. vii. 151 His mates..have been here waiting for him till they have missed stays. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxvi. 210 I reckon I've missed stays!.. I'm for my long home, and no mistake. 1893 F. M. Crawford Children of King i. 11 She was near missing stays. 1938 J. Digges Bowleg Bill 24 Well, Yank figures this big cowboy has missed stays in the August heat. 1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain vii. 184 He felt an essential change in her motion, a dead sullenness: she was going to miss stays. < as lemmas |
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