| 单词 | at the paddle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the paddle 1. An act of paddling or rowing a small boat; a journey made in a boat propelled by a paddle. at the paddle: rowing lightly at a gentle speed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > paddling paddling1719 paddle1754 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race > actions paddle1754 bump1838 shot1868 stride1883 overbump1895 society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [phrase] > with easy rowing at the paddle1897 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [adverb] > with easy rowing at the paddle1897 1754 A. Henday Jrnl. (1907) 325 Othenume Lake is a good day's paddle either way; and the woods around it are tall and well grown timber. 1784 Moose Fort Jrnls. 337 We have had two Pedlars paddling about from Lake to Lake within one Day's Paddle of our place. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 20 An old hand just going out for a gentle paddle. 1897 Daily News 13 Mar. 6/5 The practice consisted of a paddle down to the Hurlingham and back..to the Leander Hard..stopping short of Hammersmith, and coming back at the paddle to Putney. 1922 Beaver Apr. 21/1 I was on my way up the river with an Indian and bark canoe and a heavy paddle ahead of us. 1992 Canad. Geographic Mar. 100/3 Michael Poole..traded his camera one summer for a canoe and a three-month, 1,000-kilometre paddle down the Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland. < as lemmas |
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