单词 | to blow trade |
释义 | > as lemmasto blow trade In a constant course or way; steadily in the same direction. Chiefly with reference to the wind, in to blow trade. Also (with reference to a current or ship) in to run trade. Cf. trade wind n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow from a particular quarter > flow from constant direction to blow trade1600 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > continuously stretch1687 to run trade1723 1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 849 When we were shot in betweene the high lands [i.e. in the Straits of Magellan], the wind blowing trade, without any inch of sayle, we spooned before the sea. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xv. 34 The selfe same currant is in the Levant Sea, but runneth trade betwixt the Maynes, and changeable sometimes to the East-wards, sometimes to the West-wards. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 84 Neither do I find the Winds to blow Trade; but they are veerable. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 264 The Winds..seem'd to be more steadily against us, blowing almost Trade, as we call it, from the East, and E.N.E. [in the China Sea]. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 378 We..kept our Course W. by S..., running away, Trade, as they call it, into the Great Gulph of Mexico. 1795 J. Malham Naval Gazetteer I. 19/2 The southerly and westerly winds blow trade for the greatest part of the year. 1920 W. J. Humphreys Physics Air i. ix. 170 They [sc. the trade winds] blow ‘trade’; that is, in a fixed or nearly fixed direction. < as lemmas |
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