单词 | sternwheel |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : stern-wheeln. > as lemmasˈsternwheel ˈsternwheel v. (intransitive) to move by the agency of a stern-wheel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > by types of mechanical propulsion puff?c1225 sternwheel1807 paddle1827 steam1832 screw1840 1807 in Tennessee Hist. Mag. (1919) 5 62 Struck a large and stubborn sawyer, two or three feet below the surface of the water in a rapid current—stern wheeled with rapidity. 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 345/1 The Amka..stern-wheels slowly from the murky flood into the green water. < see also as lemmas |
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