| 释义 |
misˈstay, v.
Also miss-stay.
[app. f. phr. to miss stays.]
intr. Of a ship: To miss stays.
1829G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) I. xii. 241 Ahoy! ahoy! Have an oar out in the bow, or she'll miss-stay in the swell. 1849N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 88 We mis⁓stayed in but 11 feet of water, but the bottom is very muddy and not dangerous. 1885Standard 5 May 6/8 C. H. Cumbell..misstayed in Cornlough Bay; took the ground. 1906Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 9/2 The ship, when tacking, mis-stayed. |