单词 | unstow |
释义 | unstowv. transitive. To take out of stowage; to clear (a hold, etc.) of the articles stowed in it. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > from stowage unstow1726 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty a place where things are stowed loose1545 unstow1726 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 75 Half the hold must have been unstow'd to get at them. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 106 We..unstow'd the Anchor, to be in Readiness. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames ii. 59 The Lumpers unstowed the casks in the hold. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. x. 105 We have to unstow the hold, and deposit its contents in the store-house. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Unstowing or Breaking out, the act of conveying the goods packed in a ship from the place occupied whilst travelling to the square immediately under the hatchway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1726 |
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