| 单词 | to sling one's hammock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sling one's hammock a. To hang up or suspend, esp. from one point to another; to put up (a hammock). Also in to sling one's hammock, to have a period of time off-duty to get used to a new ship. Nautical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] ahangOE hangc1000 to hang upa1400 knagc1400 peisea1425 suspendc1440 swing1529 sling1697 uphang1748 gibbet1749 society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > practice the calling of a sailor [verb (intransitive)] > have time off duty on ship to sling one's hammock1913 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 15 From Rivers drive the Kids, and sling your Hook. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 97 Sling him up in a Hammock, and he shall lye a whole Night. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 18 These Theatres were not founded in the Ground, but slung, and supported in the Air; that is, they both rested on Hinges and Pivots. 1779 Mirror No. 17 The poor little creatures sleep..in a hammock, slung up to the roof. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline II. 213 Attendants [were] slinging their grass woven hammocks. 1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) vii. 354 The platform or road-way is slung, by vertical tackles, to points equidistant from each other. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 506 The dock owner, supplied..an ordinary stage to be slung..outside the ship for the purpose of painting her. 1913 T. T. Jeans John Graham, Sub-Lieutenant R.N. iii. 58 There was no ‘school’ till morning, the Padré had a day off ‘to sling his hammock’. 1917 ‘Taffrail’ Sub iii. 92 ‘You'll have to-morrow to sling your hammock and to get used to the ship, youngster,’ he went on. 1946 G. Hackforth-Jones Sixteen Bells i. iv. 67 Reggie was hardly given a day to ‘sling his hammock’ before he was instructed to take over the afternoon watch. < as lemmas |
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