| 单词 | easy sail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseasy sail a. Not hard pressed: not hurried, gentle; said of motion, a breeze, a fire, etc. Also Nautical, as easy sail. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [adjective] easyc1385 leisurable1607 vacant1615 leisured1631 leisure1669 sauntry1732 Sundayish1797 sauntering1818 toilless1848 off-duty1851 Sundayfied1899 non-work1922 spare-time1931 non-job1932 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 284 I saugh comyng of ladyes nientene In..a ful esy paas. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lx. 1322 [Oximel] is eft ysode on esy fuyre and softe, forto it be þikke. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) iii. xvii To make þe syȝte perfit þis þingis beþ nedful; þe cause efficient..and takynge hede, and esy meuynge [L. motus mediocris]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 143 Esy, or softe, yn sterynge, lentus. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 282 They haue a very slowe and easie pace. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 120 So to the Coast of Jordan he directs His easie steps. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Cuningham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1659 Fair and serene weather..with easie Gales at S. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5450/2 We made an easie sail for the Maese. 1834 H. Caunter Oriental Ann. i. 2 We coasted within four leagues of the land, under easy sail, with light breezes. 1852 G. W. Curtis Wanderer in Syria i. i. 8 The donkeys are like large dogs, and of easy motion. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Easy draught. The same as light draught of water. Easy roll. A vessel is said to roll deep but easy, when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks. < as lemmas |
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