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单词 upper work
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upper work
a. That part of a vessel which is above water-level when it is ready or laden for a voyage; = dead-work n. 1 (Also †upper work.)
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1591 W. Raleigh Rep. Fight Iles of Açores sig. B3v The mastes all beaten ouer board,..her vpper worke altogither rased.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 She is brought in narrow to her vpper workes.
1693 London Gaz. No. 2865/1 The French Man of War..who fought the Berkeley Castle..being very leaky,..and all her upper Work torn to pieces.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 270 To caulk the Ship's Upper-Works and Decks.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Upper-work, a general name given to all that part of a ship which is above the surface of the water when she is properly balanced.
1798 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 106 The Sérieuse was set on fire to burn her upper works which were above water.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 157 Upper works,..all that part which may be considered as separated from the bottom by the main wale.
1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being i. 7 The battleships overtook us, their white upperworks showing like icebergs as they topped the sea-line.
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