单词 | the eyes of her |
释义 | > as lemmasthe eyes of her 21. Nautical. In plural. The extreme forward part of the bows of a ship or boat, where the hawse-holes are located; (also occasionally) the hawse-holes themselves. Chiefly in the eyes of the ship (also the eyes of her, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > foremost part of vessel eye1780 1780 Boyer's Dictionnaire Royal (rev. ed.) II. 239/2 Eyes of a ship, parties du vaisseau qui sont voisines des écubiers. 1836 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound II. vii. 108 Paul..seated himself directly in the eyes of the boat, with a leg hanging down on each side of the cutwater. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxii. 156 Being right in the eyes of her..we could [etc.]. 1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 343 Eyes of her, the extreme fore end of the ship near the hawse pipes, which are the ‘eyes of her’. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xix. 134 Sleeping as he did, right in the ‘eyes’, he got the very full of the motion. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 4/1 There was also a man in the look-out—at what was called the eyes of the ship. 1919 Gettysburg (Pa.) Compiler 14 June 4/3 Now, this striper takes me up in the eyes and shows me a little gadget, where all you had to do was press a doohickey, turn over a gimick, and blooey—it would sink every tin fish within a mile. 1969 F. Mowat Boat who wouldn't Float (1976) xi. 123 Hanging in the eyes of the ship, like a modern version of a baronial coat-of-mail, was Jack's steel and elastic corset. 2001 R. Gambee Nantucket Impressions ii. 34/2 The catboat..is purely an American design, with its mast far forward in the ‘eyes’ of the boat. < as lemmas |
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