英语词汇“spring a leak”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A hole or fissure in a vessel containing or immersed in a fluid, by which the latter enters or escapes from the vessel, so as to cause loss or injury: said originally and esp. of ships; also in †to fall in leak, to spring a leak.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun]

leak1487

leakagec1503

leaking1611

sipage1825

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun] > hole or fissure in vessel containing fluid

leak1487

leakage1776

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > take in water > develop a leak

to fall in leak1487

to spring a leak1624

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > a leak

leak1487

inleck1582

leakage1776

1487 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 25 The stopping of lekes.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 131 Lost in a ship..by occasion of a leke falling in the same.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vi. 67 The jonit barge, Sa full of riftis, and with lekkis perbraik.

1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 If..the shippe..happen to fall in leke.

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 122 We found a great leake in the stemme of our ship.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 The next day the lesser ship sprung a leake.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 19 Sling a man ouer-boord to stop the leake.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. viii. 20 Many little leaks may sink a ship.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 11 Consider well before a leck begin, It seemes I heare the water wheesing in.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 56 We found our Ship had sprung a Lake.

1782 W. Cowper Loss Royal George 19 She sprang no fatal leak.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xviii. 25 Rent was the sail, and strain'd the mast, And many a leak was gaping fast.

Phrases

P1. to spring one's (also a) rattle: to make a warning noise with a rattle or other implement; to give a warning of danger; (also, of an alarm) to emit a warning noise. Now historical.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > rattle

to shake upc1430

clitter1530

berattle1553

rattle1560

rail1770

to spring one's rattle1787

to tirl the sneck1800

1787 World, Fashionable Advertiser 13 Sept. Cooper was impudent, and was going to spring his rattle for being thus molested in his duty.

1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 26 Mr. Johnston sprung a rattle.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 195 We made him [sc. the rattlesnake] spring his rattle again, and began another attack.

1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson ii. 4 He heard the alarm spring its rattle in the lower story.

1916 Times 8 Dec. 4/5 (advt.) In the silence of the night he hears the top-hatted policeman spring his rattle.

2009 C. Emsley Great Brit. Bobby i. 17 He quickly struggled to his feet, sprung his rattle and set off in pursuit of the man carrying the bundle.

P2. to spring into action: to act with speed, suddenness, or alacrity after being still or inert. Also figurative.

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1820 J. H. B. Mountain Serm. Death Late Majesty 15 If a hand were raised to insult him, ten thousand arms sprung into action.

1841 Life & Times T. Cranmer 3/1 The power of being virtuous..comes in the form of conscience and principle, and, cherished, springs into action.

1940 A. F. Harlow Paper Chase xii. 206 The cheat and the fakir always spring into action under such circumstances.

1989 L. Zolf Scorpions for Sale x. 59 Bronfman's people in Winnipeg, who had studiously ignored Shtarker and his attacks, now sprung into action.

2012 Independent 28 Feb. 27/3 One enterprising user sprung into action and started the feed @AngiesRightLeg.

P3. colloquial. where did you (also he, she, etc.) spring from? and variants: addressed to a person who has appeared suddenly or unexpectedly.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > at appearance

hey or high jingo!1670

speak (also talk) of the devil1738

where did you (also he, she, etc.) spring from?1892

1833 London Lit. Gaz. 21 Dec. 804/3 Where did you spring from, colonel?

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto III. ii. vi. 109 ‘Hullo! where did you spring from?’ It was Raphael who had elicited the exclamation. He suddenly loomed upon the party.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix. 181 ‘Wherever,’ she inquired, ‘did you spring from, Ed?’

1973 D. Coltman tr. R. Merle Malevil vi. 152 Where did she spring from, I'd like to know.

2014 B. T. Bradford Cavendon Hall i. 4 You startled me. Where did you spring from, Genevra?

P4. to spring a leak.

a. Nautical. To have a leak open or start in a vessel. Also figurative. Cf. sense 9b(b).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out > through a leak > have or make a leak open

to spring a leak1623

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3^v He hath sprung a leake too, Or I'me cousen'd.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 17 In an hours time, we were got off, without springing the least leak.

a1721 M. Prior Vicar of Bray & Sir T. More in Wks. (1907) II. 252 You would not have stopped that part of the Ship where the Leak was sprung.

1790 Analyt. Rev. Apr. 402 The bark..struck the vessel, which sprung a leak.

1804 Naval Chron. 12 146 She lost her rudder, sprung a leak, and was obliged to throw her guns overboard.

1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 91/3 After she left Swansea she sprang a leak.

1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 62/1 ‘Blamed if the old craft ain't sprung a leak again!’ muttered Captain Home.

2005 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 13/1 We saw from the clouds there would be gale-force winds from the south-east. Then the boat sprang a leak.

b. To urinate. slang.

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1839 W. McNally Evils & Abuses Naval & Merchant Service 119 A very pretty Spanish girl..swung over the hammocks suspended from the main yard, at which she was so excited as to spring a le— (I almost said it).

1995 J. Houston Confessions Igloo Dweller i. 10 I was given a battered enamel mug full of hot tea... That soon drove me outside, for I desperately needed to spring a leak.

单词	spring a leak
释义	> as lemmas to spring a leak a. A hole or fissure in a vessel containing or immersed in a fluid, by which the latter enters or escapes from the vessel, so as to cause loss or injury: said originally and esp. of ships; also in †to fall in leak, to spring a leak. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun] leak1487 leakagec1503 leaking1611 sipage1825 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > [noun] > hole or fissure in vessel containing fluid leak1487 leakage1776 society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > suffer shipwreck [verb (intransitive)] > take in water > develop a leak to fall in leak1487 to spring a leak1624 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > a leak leak1487 inleck1582 leakage1776 1487 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 25 The stopping of lekes. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 131 Lost in a ship..by occasion of a leke falling in the same. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. vi. 67 The jonit barge, Sa full of riftis, and with lekkis perbraik. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 If..the shippe..happen to fall in leke. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 122 We found a great leake in the stemme of our ship. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 The next day the lesser ship sprung a leake. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 19 Sling a man ouer-boord to stop the leake. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. viii. 20 Many little leaks may sink a ship. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 11 Consider well before a leck begin, It seemes I heare the water wheesing in. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 56 We found our Ship had sprung a Lake. 1782 W. Cowper Loss Royal George 19 She sprang no fatal leak. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xviii. 25 Rent was the sail, and strain'd the mast, And many a leak was gaping fast. extracted from leakn. to spring a leak Phrases P1. to spring one's (also a) rattle: to make a warning noise with a rattle or other implement; to give a warning of danger; (also, of an alarm) to emit a warning noise. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > rattle to shake upc1430 clitter1530 berattle1553 rattle1560 rail1770 to spring one's rattle1787 to tirl the sneck1800 1787 World, Fashionable Advertiser 13 Sept. Cooper was impudent, and was going to spring his rattle for being thus molested in his duty. 1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 26 Mr. Johnston sprung a rattle. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xix. 195 We made him [sc. the rattlesnake] spring his rattle again, and began another attack. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson ii. 4 He heard the alarm spring its rattle in the lower story. 1916 Times 8 Dec. 4/5 (advt.) In the silence of the night he hears the top-hatted policeman spring his rattle. 2009 C. Emsley Great Brit. Bobby i. 17 He quickly struggled to his feet, sprung his rattle and set off in pursuit of the man carrying the bundle. P2. to spring into action: to act with speed, suddenness, or alacrity after being still or inert. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1820 J. H. B. Mountain Serm. Death Late Majesty 15 If a hand were raised to insult him, ten thousand arms sprung into action. 1841 Life & Times T. Cranmer 3/1 The power of being virtuous..comes in the form of conscience and principle, and, cherished, springs into action. 1940 A. F. Harlow Paper Chase xii. 206 The cheat and the fakir always spring into action under such circumstances. 1989 L. Zolf Scorpions for Sale x. 59 Bronfman's people in Winnipeg, who had studiously ignored Shtarker and his attacks, now sprung into action. 2012 Independent 28 Feb. 27/3 One enterprising user sprung into action and started the feed @AngiesRightLeg. P3. colloquial. where did you (also he, she, etc.) spring from? and variants: addressed to a person who has appeared suddenly or unexpectedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > at appearance hey or high jingo!1670 speak (also talk) of the devil1738 where did you (also he, she, etc.) spring from?1892 1833 London Lit. Gaz. 21 Dec. 804/3 Where did you spring from, colonel? 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto III. ii. vi. 109 ‘Hullo! where did you spring from?’ It was Raphael who had elicited the exclamation. He suddenly loomed upon the party. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix. 181 ‘Wherever,’ she inquired, ‘did you spring from, Ed?’ 1973 D. Coltman tr. R. Merle Malevil vi. 152 Where did she spring from, I'd like to know. 2014 B. T. Bradford Cavendon Hall i. 4 You startled me. Where did you spring from, Genevra? P4. to spring a leak. a. Nautical. To have a leak open or start in a vessel. Also figurative. Cf. sense 9b(b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out > through a leak > have or make a leak open to spring a leak1623 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. ii. sig. G3^v He hath sprung a leake too, Or I'me cousen'd. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 17 In an hours time, we were got off, without springing the least leak. a1721 M. Prior Vicar of Bray & Sir T. More in Wks. (1907) II. 252 You would not have stopped that part of the Ship where the Leak was sprung. 1790 Analyt. Rev. Apr. 402 The bark..struck the vessel, which sprung a leak. 1804 Naval Chron. 12 146 She lost her rudder, sprung a leak, and was obliged to throw her guns overboard. 1894 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 91/3 After she left Swansea she sprang a leak. 1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 62/1 ‘Blamed if the old craft ain't sprung a leak again!’ muttered Captain Home. 2005 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 13/1 We saw from the clouds there would be gale-force winds from the south-east. Then the boat sprang a leak. b. To urinate. slang. ΚΠ 1839 W. McNally Evils & Abuses Naval & Merchant Service 119 A very pretty Spanish girl..swung over the hammocks suspended from the main yard, at which she was so excited as to spring a le— (I almost said it). 1995 J. Houston Confessions Igloo Dweller i. 10 I was given a battered enamel mug full of hot tea... That soon drove me outside, for I desperately needed to spring a leak. extracted from springv.¹ < as lemmas
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