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单词 hard gale
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hard gale
a. A wind of considerable strength; in nautical language, the word chiefly ‘implies what on shore is called a storm’ (Adm Smyth), esp. with modifying word, as hard gale, stiff gale (less violent), fresh gale (still less so) (see also strong gale n. at strong adj. Compounds 3); in popular literary use, ‘a wind not tempestuous, but stronger than a breeze’ (Johnson). Also gale of wind. In restricted use, applied to a wind having a velocity within certain limits (see quots.). equinoctial gale (see equinoctial adj. 2b).
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a1547 Earl of Surrey Proem. to 73rd Psalm I ..constrayned am to beare my sayles ful loo, And never could attayne some pleasaunt gaile [rhymes saile, assaile, availe, faile].
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. 900 Frend Palynure, lo how the tydes them selues conueies the fleete, This gale by measure blowes.
1600 R. Hakluyt tr. G. B. Ramusio in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 424 At noone we had a fresh gale in the poupe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 47 What happie gale Blowes you to Padua heere, from old Verona. View more context for this quotation
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 17 A calme, a brese, a fresh gaile, a pleasant gayle, a stiffe gayle.
1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 38 We set sail again..with a favourable Gale of Wind.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 365 At the close of Day, a stiffer Gale at East arose.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 90 The Ladies gave me a Gale with their Fans.
1772 J. Robertson Elements Navigation (ed. 3) vi. vi. 354 (note) A common brisk gale is about 15 miles an hour.
1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 99 Hard Gales of Wind in any Place, especially if it blows in the Direction of the Flood, swells the Tide to an uncommon Height.
1801 J. Capper Observ. Winds & Monsoons Pref. p. xxiii The tempest..is..the same as a hurricane, or whirlwind: I shall therefore use these words synonimously, and place them in the first order, or degree of violent winds. The storm, or what the English seamen call a hard gale, is likewise, I believe, nearly the same; I shall, therefore, make use of the former for the land, and the latter for the sea term, and reckon these in the second class.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 470 We had some smart gales of wind.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 280 High gales are generally from the west.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 137 There was little promise of the gale abating.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 195 The wind still blew a stiff gale.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 4/3 A gale is not a gale until it has reached Force 7 on the Beaufort scale, though many people lightly class all heavy winds as gales.
1923 W. N. Shaw Forecasting Weather (ed. 2) 456 As a result of the investigation of 1905 we now classify winds with velocity above 75 miles per hour as hurricane winds, those with velocity between 64 and 75 miles per hour as storm winds, and those between 39 and 63 as gales.
1963 Meteorol. Gloss. (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 4) 109 Gale, a wind of a speed between 34 and 40 knots (force 8 on the Beaufort scale of wind force, where it was originally described as ‘fresh gale’), at a free exposure 10 metres (33 feet) above ground.
1963 Meteorol. Gloss. (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 4) 109 Statistics of gales refer to the attainment of mean speeds of 34 knots or over.
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