| 单词 | to steam it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto steam it a. of a ship or its passengers. Also to steam it. Also with adverbs, as away. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific type of craft to barge it1599 boat?1630 canoe1732 shallop1737 raft1741 scow1749 steam1832 yacht1836 screw1840 steamer1866 gondole1874 kayak1875 sail1898 tramp1899 motor-boat1903 barge1909 hover1962 power1964 motor1968 jet-ski1978 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > by types of mechanical propulsion puff?c1225 sternwheel1807 paddle1827 steam1832 screw1840 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xvii. 259 Even were all the parties strangers to each other [on long river excursions], the knowledge that they were to eat, to drink, and steam away together for a week or fortnight, would induce something like a social feeling in any other country. 1832 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 306 We shall..see Avignon and Nismes, and then steam it up the Rhone to Lyons. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 28/1 She [a ship] will either steam or sail. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. ii. 58 Every mile we steamed, the lake assumed a new character. 1878 W. H. G. Kingston Three Admirals xix. 437 The Bellona accordingly steamed on towards the entrance of the harbour. 1886 Law Times Rep. 53 726/1 When the tug was completed it was found that she could only steam ten or eleven knots an hour. 1888 Poor Nellie 388 The young lady had steamed over from America. < as lemmas |
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