英语词汇“to run one's easting down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

11. transitive. Sailing. to run one's easting (also westing) down: (of a ship) to make the most possible amount of progress in the specified direction, making use of prevailing winds. Cf. easting n. 1, westing n. 1.

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1750 Jrnl. Boscawen's Voy. Bombay 25 We..prepared for encountering the boisterous Gales and large Seas we expected to have in running down our Easting.

1781 Sailing Direct. East-India or Oriental Pilot 29 You must stand to the southward, and even cross the Line to 8 or 10 deg. S. where you may depend on meeting with the wind to run down your westing.

1828 Oriental Herald Sept. 409 We..attempted to go out through the Eight Degree Channel, under the hope of cutting off all the length of the Maldiva Archipelago and running down our westing in a higher latitude.

1869 R. Semmes Mem. Service Afloat xlviii. 675 We ran off due south, it being my intention to seek the fortieth parallel of south latitude, and run my easting down on that parallel.

1916 W. B. Meloney Heritage of Tyre xvii. 83 As an Australian Black Ball liner, running her easting down, she made four hundred and thirty miles.

1976 D. Pope Ramage's Diamond iv. 76 They would soon be in twelve degrees of latitude running their westing down to arrive at Barbados.

2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 I wish Jessica the very best of weather and good fortune. May she run her easting down in the spirit of the great days of sail.

单词	to run one's easting down
释义	> as lemmas to run one's easting (also westing) down 11. transitive. Sailing. to run one's easting (also westing) down: (of a ship) to make the most possible amount of progress in the specified direction, making use of prevailing winds. Cf. easting n. 1, westing n. 1. ΚΠ 1750 Jrnl. Boscawen's Voy. Bombay 25 We..prepared for encountering the boisterous Gales and large Seas we expected to have in running down our Easting. 1781 Sailing Direct. East-India or Oriental Pilot 29 You must stand to the southward, and even cross the Line to 8 or 10 deg. S. where you may depend on meeting with the wind to run down your westing. 1828 Oriental Herald Sept. 409 We..attempted to go out through the Eight Degree Channel, under the hope of cutting off all the length of the Maldiva Archipelago and running down our westing in a higher latitude. 1869 R. Semmes Mem. Service Afloat xlviii. 675 We ran off due south, it being my intention to seek the fortieth parallel of south latitude, and run my easting down on that parallel. 1916 W. B. Meloney Heritage of Tyre xvii. 83 As an Australian Black Ball liner, running her easting down, she made four hundred and thirty miles. 1976 D. Pope Ramage's Diamond iv. 76 They would soon be in twelve degrees of latitude running their westing down to arrive at Barbados. 2009 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 I wish Jessica the very best of weather and good fortune. May she run her easting down in the spirit of the great days of sail. extracted from runv. < as lemmas
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