| 单词 | to roll down to st helena |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto roll down to St. Helena P4. to roll down to St. Helena and variants: (of a vessel) to advance steadily under a favourable wind, without having to change tack or sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > sail before the wind scud1582 spoon1588 spoom1628 to stand down1635 to bear down1671 skid1815 to roll down to St. Helena1834 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 19 You have heard of rolling down from the Cape to St. Helena; almost at all seasons of the year, it blows from the same quarter. a1861 T. Twining Trav. India (1893) 355 The ship remained under nearly the same sail for many days,..rolling from one side to the other, the wind being directly astern. This is called ‘rolling down to St. Helena’ by the captains of Indiamen. 1872 C. Chapman Voy. Southampton to Cape Town 209 On went the ‘Syria’, rolling down to St. Helena. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。