| 单词 | sheering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsheering ˈsheering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm > tendency to go off course > swerving or deviation yaw1546 yawinga1614 sheering1627 veeringa1682 sheer1694 sheer-off1808 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] turning1495 veering1605 wheeling1716 sheering1896 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 58 Shearing off will teare it in peeces if the rope and anchor hold. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Sheering,..deviating or straying from the line of the course..so as to form a crooked and irregular path through the water..commonly occasioned by the ship's being difficult to steer, but very often from the negligence or incapacity of the helmsman. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 8 We have strawed our best..To the shark and the sheering gull. ˈsheering ˈsheering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [adjective] > almost vertical or sheer upright1596 plump1611 sheer1800 sheering1851 sheer1864 1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xxvi. 117 Smoothly sheering precipices below gave Hope no ledge to grasp in falling. < as lemmas |
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