| 单词 | aground |
| 释义 | aground (once / 3380 pages) advadj Aground describes a boat that's accidentally gone ashore, or is stuck on the bottom of a lake or other body of water. If your kayak goes aground, you may need to get out and push it further out in the bay. When you use the word aground, you're almost certainly talking about a boat or ship. If a sailboat runs aground, its hull can be damaged, which might even cause the boat to take on water. Running aground can be a minor inconvenience, or a major accident. Since about 1500, the adjective aground has been a nautical term that generally means "stranded on land." WORD FAMILYaground USAGE EXAMPLESBarges sometimes run aground, causing days of congestion, when the government fails to dredge some critical bend. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) It fumbles the issue it purports to address, and it eventually runs aground in a preposterous ending. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) The hosts, befuddled against disciplined opposition, appeared to be running aground. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) 1adv with the bottom lodged on the ground he ran the ship aground 2adj stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float a ship aground offshore a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it Ant afloat borne on the water; floating adriftafloat on the surface of a body of water floatingborne up by or suspended in a liquid waterbornesupported by water |
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