英语词汇“fleet in being”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A sea force, or naval armament; in early use, a number of vessels carrying armed men, under a single command; in modern use, a number of ships armed and manned for war, each having its own commanding officer, under the orders of the admiral in chief, or of the flag-officer in command of a division. to go round or through the fleet: to be flogged on board each vessel in the fleet. fleet in being: a phrase first used by the Earl of Torrington after the engagement off Beachy Head in 1690 to describe a fleet which, though inferior to that of the enemy, is able to hamper his movements.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun]

fleeta1000

floteOE

ship-ferda1122

navya1382

armyc1475

armada1533

class1596

naval1627

armadilla1685

Grand Fleet1696

armament1698

maritime power1711

a1000 Prayers (Gr.-Wülck.) iv. 100 Hwy ic gebycge bat on sæwe, fleot on faroðe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1078 Humber king & al his fleote [c1300 Otho flote] & his muchele scip-ferde.

c1325 Coer de L. 1653 All redy they fonde ther her flete, Chargyd with armur.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 197 That vessel..Which maister was of all the flete.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 166/2 Flete of schyppys yn þe see, classis.

a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. C3^v He armed a fleete.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 1 The straightes fleete..being gone 4 houres..when wee sett sayle.

1710 Earl of Torrington Speech House of Commons 1690 29 Most Men were in fear that the French wou'd invade; but I was always of another Opinion,..for I always said, that whilst we had a Fleet in being, they wou'd not dare to make an Attempt.

1718 Free-thinker No. 50. 2 They would not permit the Carthaginians to fit out any Fleets.

1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. iii. 38 They..for the double offence, would go through the fleet.

1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. iii. 42 One of the marines..was to have gone round the fleet this morning.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. ix. 214 A formidable armament..embarked on board a great fleet.

1898 R. Kipling (title) A Fleet in Being.

1899 McClure's Mag. Jan. 237/2 It is indeed as a threat to communications that the fleet in being is chiefly formidable.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 501/1 Of late years controversy has raged round this phrase, ‘a fleet in being’ and the strategic principle which it expresses.

1964 D. Macintyre Battle for Mediterranean i. 31 A lack of desire on the part of the Italians to risk their fleet..is..probable, a policy which accorded with the theory of maintenance of a ‘fleet in being’.

单词	fleet in being
释义	> as lemmas fleet in being a. A sea force, or naval armament; in early use, a number of vessels carrying armed men, under a single command; in modern use, a number of ships armed and manned for war, each having its own commanding officer, under the orders of the admiral in chief, or of the flag-officer in command of a division. to go round or through the fleet: to be flogged on board each vessel in the fleet. fleet in being: a phrase first used by the Earl of Torrington after the engagement off Beachy Head in 1690 to describe a fleet which, though inferior to that of the enemy, is able to hamper his movements. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] fleeta1000 floteOE ship-ferda1122 navya1382 armyc1475 armada1533 class1596 naval1627 armadilla1685 Grand Fleet1696 armament1698 maritime power1711 a1000 Prayers (Gr.-Wülck.) iv. 100 Hwy ic gebycge bat on sæwe, fleot on faroðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1078 Humber king & al his fleote [c1300 Otho flote] & his muchele scip-ferde. c1325 Coer de L. 1653 All redy they fonde ther her flete, Chargyd with armur. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 197 That vessel..Which maister was of all the flete. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 166/2 Flete of schyppys yn þe see, classis. a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. C3^v He armed a fleete. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 1 The straightes fleete..being gone 4 houres..when wee sett sayle. 1710 Earl of Torrington Speech House of Commons 1690 29 Most Men were in fear that the French wou'd invade; but I was always of another Opinion,..for I always said, that whilst we had a Fleet in being, they wou'd not dare to make an Attempt. 1718 Free-thinker No. 50. 2 They would not permit the Carthaginians to fit out any Fleets. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. iii. 38 They..for the double offence, would go through the fleet. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook III. iii. 42 One of the marines..was to have gone round the fleet this morning. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. ix. 214 A formidable armament..embarked on board a great fleet. 1898 R. Kipling (title) A Fleet in Being. 1899 McClure's Mag. Jan. 237/2 It is indeed as a threat to communications that the fleet in being is chiefly formidable. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 501/1 Of late years controversy has raged round this phrase, ‘a fleet in being’ and the strategic principle which it expresses. 1964 D. Macintyre Battle for Mediterranean i. 31 A lack of desire on the part of the Italians to risk their fleet..is..probable, a policy which accorded with the theory of maintenance of a ‘fleet in being’. extracted from fleetn.¹ < as lemmas
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