| 单词 | at south |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat south b. at south: (of a wind) from the south. ΚΠ 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C c iij Loke how the tempest storm, whan winds outwrastling blowes at south. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xlv. f. 71v We feele in our selues, our bodies to wax heauy, specially the head when the winde is at south. 1694 J. Narborough Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 176 The Wind came about at South. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 140 The Wind came off Shore, for it blew at South. 1822 W. H. Ireland Sailor-boy (ed. 2) iv. 179 Tow'rds eve at South the gale tremendous blows. 1849 J. F. Cooper Sea Lions I. ix. 126 The wind coming out nearly at south, in squalls. 1880 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart I. v. 123 We were..breasting the long Atlantic rollers, with the wind dead at south. 1949 J. Caldwell Desperate Voy. xii. 114 The wind was holding at south; but it had toned in strength. 2002 W. M. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. V. 166 The British ship-sloop Bonne-Citoyenne..steering north-west by west with the wind at south. < as lemmas |
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