| 单词 | to shape one's course |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shape one's course d. to shape one's course: Nautical, to steer for, to a place. Also transferred and figurative (occasionally to shape one's passage, way, etc.). Also absol. or intransitive (rare). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] stretcha1225 turnc1275 ready?a1400 seta1400 incline?c1400 apply?a1425 raika1500 rechec1540 make1548 address1554 frame1576 bend1579 to shape one's course1593 intend1596 tend1611 direct1632 steer1815 1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. C4v And Sheffeilde, shape thy course no otherwise, Then loyaltie..Directs. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 56 Shape your course as he doth to meet him at the neerest angle you can. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 151 Minding now to shape my Course so as I might Winter in Italy. c1750 W. Shenstone Love & Honour 325 To the cloister's pensive scene Elvira shap'd her solitary way. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 9 We now shaped a course for the west end of Madeira. 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. iv. 49 Perhaps it would be best for me to shape at once for Ohio. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings I. iv. 80 Two considerations caused him to shape his course differently. < as lemmas |
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