英语词汇“tide's work”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

8. The space of time between two successive points of high water, or between low water and high water, in the sea; also, that portion of this time during which the height of the water (‘state of the tide’) allows of work being done, as in tide's work: see quot. 1867. So, in Mining, a period of twelve hours ( Encycl. Dict. 1888).

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1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 §1 A Calker laboring by the tyde, for as longe tyme as he may labour above the Water and beneth the Water, shall not excede for his Wages for every tyde iiij d.

1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 234 Payit..to xv men to cast the space of xv tydis about the schip, viij d. the man for ilk tyde.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 299 [They] might..come by Sea in two Tides.

1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 63 A ship going into dock for a tide or two to clean.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §175 We..landed, and got a tide's work of four hours.

1803 R. Pering in Naval Chron. 15 154 (Royal Naval Yards) The extra [work] was divided into nights and tides:—a night consisted of five hours, and a tide of an hour and an half.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tide's work, the amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour on a ship during the ebbing and slack water of a tide.

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释义	> as lemmas tide's work 8. The space of time between two successive points of high water, or between low water and high water, in the sea; also, that portion of this time during which the height of the water (‘state of the tide’) allows of work being done, as in tide's work: see quot. 1867. So, in Mining, a period of twelve hours ( Encycl. Dict. 1888). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > time between high tides, or between high and low tide tide1495 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 §1 A Calker laboring by the tyde, for as longe tyme as he may labour above the Water and beneth the Water, shall not excede for his Wages for every tyde iiij d. 1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 234 Payit..to xv men to cast the space of xv tydis about the schip, viij d. the man for ilk tyde. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 299 [They] might..come by Sea in two Tides. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 63 A ship going into dock for a tide or two to clean. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §175 We..landed, and got a tide's work of four hours. 1803 R. Pering in Naval Chron. 15 154 (Royal Naval Yards) The extra [work] was divided into nights and tides:—a night consisted of five hours, and a tide of an hour and an half. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tide's work, the amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour on a ship during the ebbing and slack water of a tide. extracted from tiden. < as lemmas
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