| 单词 | ready about o |
| 释义 | > as lemmasready about O P4. Nautical. ready about (formerly also †ready about O): used as a command to sailors to prepare to tack a vessel. Cf. about adv. 4b. ΚΠ 1801 Naval Mag. 3 App. 1/2 About ship; or Ready About O—is the word of command to the sailors to prepare for tacking, or going about. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 150 The master finds that the ship will not lay her course, and tells the chief mate to ‘see all clear for stays’, or ‘ready about’. 1893 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb Tide v. 67 ‘Ready about,’ said the captain. ‘Give me the wheel, White Man, and you stand by the mainsheet.’ 1943 A. Ransome Picts & Martyrs xv. 146 ‘Ready about,’ said Dick as they came near the shore of Long Island... ‘Just be ready to shift your weight across, and keep clear of the boom.’ 1957 J. Schull Salt-water Men viii. 103 Orders would come so fast you could hardly follow them. ‘Haul up the mainsail,’ ‘Lay aft to the spanker sheet,’ ‘Ready about.’ 1994 D. L. Seidman Compl. Sailor (1995) 42 When it's time to tack the skipper says ‘Ready about’ and bears off slightly (5 to 10 degrees) to pick up momentum for the turn. < as lemmas |
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