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单词 leeway
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leewayn.

Brit. /ˈliːweɪ/, U.S. /ˈliˌweɪ/
Etymology: < lee n.1 + way n.1 and int.1
The lateral drift of a ship to leeward of her course; the amount of deviation thus produced. Also to make, fetch up, make up leeway. angle of leeway: see angle of leeway n. at angle n.2 Phrases 2h.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > compensate > make up time or distance
to make, fetch up, make up leeway1669
to save one's distance (also time)1790
to make up (lost) ground1890
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > deviation or drift
sag1589
leeway1669
drift1671
driftway1721
leeward-way1727
sagging1769
driftage1862
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 145 To give allowance to your Course according to the Lee-way you have made.
1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 414 The same Theory is applied to the Motion of Ships, abstracting from the Lee-way, but having regard to the Velocity of the Ship.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 248 To fear that the tide would fail before we should fetch up our lee-way.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Friend 113 Leeway, what a vessel loses by drifting to leeward. When sailing close-hauled with all sail set, a vessel should make no leeway.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxiii. 184 Do as you pleased, she [sc. the boat] always made more leeway than anything else.
figurative.1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 2 Dec. (1941) 143 Laboured to make [up] lee-way, and finished nearly seven pages to eke on to the end of the missing sheets when returned.1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxxv, in Crayon Misc. I. 196 He..made great leeway toward a corn-crib, filled with golden ears of maize.1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 221 Both in time and space it is rapidly making up its leeway.1884 Daily News 16 Feb. 5/1 We have a great deal of leeway to make up with the Australians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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