单词 | to shoot ahead |
释义 | > as lemmasto shoot ahead b. to shoot ahead: of a vessel, to increase speed suddenly, so as to pass accompanying or competing vessels; hence figurative. Also, to be carried forward by momentum. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly > increase speed to shoot ahead1669 head-reach1832 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 Brace too the Fore~top-sail, that we may not shoot ahead. 1840 C. Dickens Sketches Young Couples 29 We were suffered to shoot a-head, while the second boat followed ingloriously in our wake. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A ship shoots ahead in stays. < as lemmas |
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