| 单词 | a fall! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa fall! Used to summon attention when a whale is sighted, or seen to spout, or harpooned. In later use frequently in the form a fall! ΚΠ 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 145 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. When they see Whales, or when they hear them blow or spout, they call in to the Ship, Fall, fall [Ger. wird im Schiffe geruffen fall fall]. 1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. 2 When the seamen see a whale spout, the word is immediately given, fall, fall [ed. 17 (1798) a fall, a fall]. c1790 J. Sanderson Voy. Hull to Greenland vi. 27 If it penetrate so as to fasten in him, they then hoist a jack in the boat... This being seen on board the ship, those on deck immediately call aloud, a fall, a fall, stamping with their feet and making a great noise. 1820 W. Scoresby Jrnl. 19 July in C. I. Jackson Arctic Whaling Jrnls. (2009) III. 185 We were rejoiced by the cry of ‘a fall’. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fall! a Fall! the cry to denote that the harpoon has been effectively delivered into the body of a whale. 1900 Chambers' Jrnl 3 223/1 A fall! a fall! There she blows! 2003 N. Watson Dundee Whalers ii. 45 When a harpooner struck, his boat hoisted a signal flag and the cry that rang out from the ship's watch was ‘A fall! A fall!’ < as lemmas |
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