英语词汇“beat about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Nautical (intransitive) To strive against contrary winds or currents at sea; to make way in any direction against the wind. to beat about: to tack against the wind. [Compare nautical use of Icelandic beita to bait: some conjecture that beat here represents a lost *bait.]

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind

laveer1598

to weather it on1599

beat1677

to beat up1720

to weather along1836

thrash1855

thresh1857

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks

to make boards1533

tack1557

traverse1568

ply1589

board1627

tackle1632

busk1635

trip1687

to beat abouta1774

to come about1777

to make short boards1777

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 1 We must lye beating at Sea while the Dutch are at Anchor.

1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 99 An English ship called the President..had been beating (i.e. striving against the wind) above 6 weeks in the channel.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 102 The time of our beating round Cape Horn.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 138 Those who still beat about in the boisterous seas of life.

1819 Mercantile Marine Mag. (1860) 7 291 They could not beat to the anchorage.

1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 69 The hull of a small schooner, beating down towards us.

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 193 They beat against light and baffling winds.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast i. 1 We..hove up our anchor, and began beating down the bay.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 69 The wind drew ahead, and we had to beat up the coast.

1841 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 57 The transports..should beat in as near as possible to the shore.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvii. 431 Beating hard to windward, we made Uppernavik.

1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 123 A ship has no chance to beat off.

单词	beat about
释义	> as lemmas to beat about to beat about see 26b. extracted from beatv.¹ to beat about a. Nautical (intransitive) To strive against contrary winds or currents at sea; to make way in any direction against the wind. to beat about: to tack against the wind. [Compare nautical use of Icelandic beita to bait: some conjecture that beat here represents a lost bait.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > strive or make way against wind laveer1598 to weather it on1599 beat1677 to beat up1720 to weather along1836 thrash1855 thresh1857 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks to make boards1533 tack1557 traverse1568 ply1589 board1627 tackle1632 busk1635 trip1687 to beat abouta1774 to come about1777 to make short boards1777 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem.* 1 We must lye beating at Sea while the Dutch are at Anchor. 1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 99 An English ship called the President..had been beating (i.e. striving against the wind) above 6 weeks in the channel. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. x. 102 The time of our beating round Cape Horn. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 138 Those who still beat about in the boisterous seas of life. 1819 Mercantile Marine Mag. (1860) 7 291 They could not beat to the anchorage. 1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 69 The hull of a small schooner, beating down towards us. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 193 They beat against light and baffling winds. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast i. 1 We..hove up our anchor, and began beating down the bay. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 69 The wind drew ahead, and we had to beat up the coast. 1841 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 57 The transports..should beat in as near as possible to the shore. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvii. 431 Beating hard to windward, we made Uppernavik. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 123 A ship has no chance to beat off. extracted from beatv.¹ < as lemmas
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