英语词汇“too much by the head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) Nautical. Of a ship: with the front or bows lower in the water than the stern, typically due to being unevenly loaded. Frequently with an expression of extent, as too much by the head, etc. Cf. sense 22b, (down) by the stern at stern n.³ 2b.

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1662 T. Allin Jrnl. 30 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 92 He..would make his ship sail better, being too much by the head; but proved still the drag of the fleet.

1694 T. Phillips Jrnl. Voy. in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) VI. 230/2 We fill'd all the empty buts we had in the hold with salt water, and brought her somewhat more by the head.

1762 C. F. Noble Voy. E. Indies 329 Finding the ship to..lie very dead in the water, occasioned by her being a great deal too much by the head.

1836 R. B. Paul Jrnl. Tour to Moscow xv. 186 She was a fat plethoric looking boat, so much down by the head, that she put me in mind of a man about to fall forward on his nose.

1874 W. M. Davis Nimrod of Sea xviii. 208 As we were a little down by the head, we brought from the forehatch ten casks of water, and rolled them aft.

1914 Sat. Evening Post 11 July 6/1 To Kent it was becoming more and more evident that she [sc. the ship] was down by the head.

1994 A. Seligman Slope of Wind (1998) xxv. 185 If she was too much by the head, she'd be a pig to steer.

单词	too much by the head
释义	> as lemmas too much by the head (a) Nautical. Of a ship: with the front or bows lower in the water than the stern, typically due to being unevenly loaded. Frequently with an expression of extent, as too much by the head, etc. Cf. sense 22b, (down) by the stern at stern n.³ 2b. ΚΠ 1662 T. Allin Jrnl. 30 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 92 He..would make his ship sail better, being too much by the head; but proved still the drag of the fleet. 1694 T. Phillips Jrnl. Voy. in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) VI. 230/2 We fill'd all the empty buts we had in the hold with salt water, and brought her somewhat more by the head. 1762 C. F. Noble Voy. E. Indies 329 Finding the ship to..lie very dead in the water, occasioned by her being a great deal too much by the head. 1836 R. B. Paul Jrnl. Tour to Moscow xv. 186 She was a fat plethoric looking boat, so much down by the head, that she put me in mind of a man about to fall forward on his nose. 1874 W. M. Davis Nimrod of Sea xviii. 208 As we were a little down by the head, we brought from the forehatch ten casks of water, and rolled them aft. 1914 Sat. Evening Post 11 July 6/1 To Kent it was becoming more and more evident that she [sc. the ship] was down by the head. 1994 A. Seligman Slope of Wind (1998) xxv. 185 If she was too much by the head, she'd be a pig to steer. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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