| 单词 | leeway |
| 释义 | leeway /lee"way'/, n. 1. extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train. 2. a degree of freedom of action or thought: His instructions gave us plenty of leeway. 3. Also called sag. Naut. the amount or angle of the drift of a ship to leeward from its heading. 4. Aeron. the amount a plane is blown off its normal course by cross winds. [1660-70; LEE1 + WAY] Syn. 2. latitude, flexibility, cushion. |
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