单词 | to take in water |
释义 | > as lemmasto take in (also on) water (iii) Of a boat or other vessel: to admit or ship water through a leak or port, over the side, etc. (cf. take v. 34a). Also figurative: to have a flaw or weak point; to be in trouble. Also to take in (also on) water. Cf. make v.1 28a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > take in water to take in (also on) water1530 to ship a sea1698 wet1874 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. cclxxiv/1 I Lade I take in water as a shyp or bote that is nat staunched, Ie boy de leaue. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. iii. f. 229v One of theyr shyppes leaked and toke water very sore. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. D2v The rest of his reasons haue taken water, and are rotten before they come to shore. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xx. 202 All the rest are easily freed; St. Jerome and St. Ambrose in the opinion of some seem to take in water. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 97 It [sc. a Barrel of Gun-powder] had taken Water, and the Powder was cak'd as hard as a Stone. 1777 Weekly Misc. 10 Feb. 451 It [sc. a canoe] took water every where, and I was forced to lose two whole hours to repair it. 1843 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 12 ii. 777 Sympiesometer 29.22. and falling; blowing a hard gale, pitching hard, and taking water on deck. 1864 Amer. Ann. Cycl. 1863 III. 670/2 The fire in her forehold burst out again, and the engineers reported the ship taking in water rapidly. 1908 M. A. Grainger Woodsmen of West xxxi. 181 The boat took water over both low-sunk sides at once. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Nov. 10/3 By this time, we were rapidly taking on water... One of our cruisers offered to sink the ship if I thought it was advisable. 1990 Lifeboat Spring 226/2 The barge had been driven aground and was taking water. 2001 Time 22 Jan. 26/2 Aides were slow to notice that the Ashcroft nomination was taking on water. 2008 C. M. Paratore Funeral Director's Son xvi. 102 The waves got higher and higher, the boat was taking water, but they kept at it till the whole catch was in. < as lemmas |
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