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单词 alongships
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alongshipsadv.

Brit. /əˈlɒŋʃɪps/, U.S. /əˈlɔŋˌʃɪps/, /əˈlɑŋˌʃɪps/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: along prep., ship n.1, -s suffix1.
Etymology: < along prep. + ship n.1 + -s suffix1. Compare earlier alongst ships adv. at alongst prep. and adv. Compounds. Compare also e.g. thwart-ships adv., amidships adv., etc.
In line with the length of the ship; in a lengthwise direction; fore and aft. Contrasted with athwart-ships adv. at athwart adv. and prep. Compounds.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > either extremity of vessel > [adverb]
alongst shipsc1620
alongships1687
1687 London Gaz. 2256/4 His Men on his Bowsprit and his Sprissel-yards along Ships, all ready to Board us.
1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates (ed. 2) xi. 267 They..got their Spritsail Yard along-ships.
1880 T. H. Bean tr. F. M. Wallem Rep. Amer. Fisheries in Rep. Commissioner 1878 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 97 The box in which the fan worked was only 5 feet high, 2¼ feet long (alongships), and 1¼ feet broad (athwartship).
1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 86/3 They [sc. cargo hatches] can be made of wooden blocks, slightly crowned alongships and undercut at the sides.
2005 E. J. Simmonds & D. N. MacLennan Fisheries Acoustics (ed. 2) Pl. 3.6 The panels show cross-sections of the backscattering intensity in three planes: (b) horizontal; (c) vertical alongships; (d) vertical athwartships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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