| 释义 |
self-ˈright, v.
[Back-formation f. self-righting.]
intr. To right iself. So self-ˈrighted; self-ˈrighter, a self-righting boat.
1881Daily News 21 Jan. 5/8 The ‘Norfolk Lifeboats’..will not *self-right if upset.
1901H. Trench Deirdre Wed. etc. 101 He..From storm and mutiny emerged alone *Self-righted from the dreadful self-surrender.
1867Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 636 When a ‘*self righter’ is upset by a heavy sea, her crew may be thrown out. |