英语词汇“half-wind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

half-wind n. Nautical (now historical) (a) a wind blowing from a direction halfway between two adjacent points of the compass; cf. half-point n.; (b) a side wind. [Compare Dutch halve wind (1651 or earlier), Middle Low German halve wind, German halber Wind (16th cent. or earlier), and also French †demivent (1611 or earlier).]

1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation iii. 14/2 Among these xvi. courses of winds & half windes [Sp. medios vientos], are marked other sixteene which are named quarters.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies iii. iv. 311 If it chance that you sayle with a halfe winde and shoot full.

1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 113 The next morning after I had boarded her, we weighed Anchor and sailed to Batavia, with a half wind [Ger. mit halbem Winde].

1878 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 3 Aug. For the most part they [sc. flying-fish] fall on ships..when they are sailing on the wind, or with half wind, and are making a good course.

1913 E. Adams-Ray tr. Fifth Olympiad (Swedish Olympic Comm.) 775 The first side of the triangle having to be passed with a half-wind on a starboard tack.

2000 J. N. Wilford Mapmakers (2002) iv. 64 For greater precision the card eventually had 32 points—8 primary winds, 8 ‘half-winds’, and 16 ‘quarter-winds’...Lines from the primary points, the half-winds, and the quarter-winds were usually drawn in distinguishing colors—often as not gold, green, and red.

单词	half-wind
释义	> as lemmas half-wind half-wind n. Nautical (now historical) (a) a wind blowing from a direction halfway between two adjacent points of the compass; cf. half-point n.; (b) a side wind. [Compare Dutch halve wind (1651 or earlier), Middle Low German halve wind, German halber Wind (16th cent. or earlier), and also French †demivent (1611 or earlier).] Π 1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation iii. 14/2 Among these xvi. courses of winds & half windes [Sp. medios vientos], are marked other sixteene which are named quarters. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies iii. iv. 311 If it chance that you sayle with a halfe winde and shoot full. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 113 The next morning after I had boarded her, we weighed Anchor and sailed to Batavia, with a half wind [Ger. mit halbem Winde]. 1878 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 3 Aug. For the most part they [sc. flying-fish] fall on ships..when they are sailing on the wind, or with half wind, and are making a good course. 1913 E. Adams-Ray tr. Fifth Olympiad (Swedish Olympic Comm.) 775 The first side of the triangle having to be passed with a half-wind on a starboard tack. 2000 J. N. Wilford Mapmakers (2002) iv. 64 For greater precision the card eventually had 32 points—8 primary winds, 8 ‘half-winds’, and 16 ‘quarter-winds’...Lines from the primary points, the half-winds, and the quarter-winds were usually drawn in distinguishing colors—often as not gold, green, and red. extracted from halfadj. half-wind † half-wind n. Obs. a side-wind. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Demivent, a side-winde, or halfe-winde. extracted from half-comb. form < as lemmas
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