an oar that works or is worked, esp. with difficulty or great effort; (hence figurative) the most difficult or demanding part of an enterprise…
| 单词 | θ205878 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > oar at specific position in boat (4) labouring oar1602 an oar that works or is worked, esp. with difficulty or great effort; (hence figurative) the most difficult or demanding part of an enterprise… after oar1820 the rearmost oar of a boat. stroke-oar1836 (a) the oar nearest the stern of a rowing-boat; (b) the rower who handles this oar (= sense 13d). bow-oar1851 the oar nearest the bow; transferred the man who pulls this oar; also, in a whale-boat, the foremost oar but one. |
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