| 释义 |
thwart-ship, thwartship, a. and adv. Naut.|ˈθwɔːt-ʃɪp|
[f. thwart prep. + ship n.]
A. adj. Placed or fixed across the ship's length. thwartship tiller, a tiller fixed at right angles to the rudder.
1829H. L. Maw Jrnl. Passage fr. Pacific to Atlantic 314 Resting on small thwartship timbers. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 123 The 'thwartship pieces which frame the hatch⁓ways. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 228/1 The crew..manœuvers the craft by means of a five-foot thwartship tiller.
B. adv. |ˈθwɔːt-ˌʃɪp|. From side to side of the ship; across the length of the ship.
1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 242 The correctors..are bar magnets in..holes, thwartship,..within the binnacle. 1895Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 481/2 The modern canoeist puts it [ballast] in his own weight, on the end of the plank extended thwart-ship to windward. |