单词 | heave to |
释义 | > as lemmasheave to c. heave to: to bring the ship to a standstill by setting the sails so as to counteract each other; to make her lie to. (a) transitive with the ship as obj. (b) intransitive or absol. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > cause to lie to heave to1775 a. figurative.1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson iv [He] was at last hove-to, all standing, in a hospital.b.1782 C. Blagden in Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 337 Soon afterwards we hove-to in order to sound.1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage vi. 79 This obliged us to heave to.1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xix. §807 Took in fore and mizen top-sails; hove to under close-reefed main top sail and spencer.in extended use.1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. iii. 27 We must ‘heave-to’ in our narrative awhile.1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 397 Hove the ship to. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 128 ‘Shorten sail..and heave the ship to,’ said the Captain. 1884 A. Brassey in Good Words Mar. 163/1 We remained hove-to all the next day. < as lemmas |
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