英语词汇“to box off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. Nautical. To turn (a ship) across the wind quickly by setting the foremost sails aback, so that the vessel stops and may even start to move backwards before moving forward on the new tack; = box-haul v. 1. Now somewhat rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to go about > by specific method

tack1637

boxc1710

wear1719

wore1744

to box off1745

box-haul1769

club-haul1834

1745 Remarks on Let. from on board Dreadnought 13 Here the Letter-Writer shews little Judgment as a Seaman: What he calls bringing to, to sound, was no other than the sternmost Ship taking in Stays, and bracing about her Head Sails to box her off.

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. iv. 50 You must box her off.

1964 Pop. Boating July 89/1 If boxed off on the original tack, the vessel merely pays off and forward motion is maintained.

1988 A. A. Hurst Thomas Somerscales, Marine Artist 248 It did not occur to him to make fast the boarding tackles and hooks, with the result that the ships drifted apart: the Chilean by now all aback and unable to manoeuvre until she could be boxed off.

2. transitive. To partition (something) off; to enclose (something) in a box or casing. Also figurative.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > by a partition

dissept1657

subdivide1726

to box off1815

cabin1815

partition1818

1815 W. Wheeler Let. 26 Aug. (1951) 181 The room is boxed off, each box contains..a marble slab table.

1841 Rep. Select Comm. Act Mills & Factories 25 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 56) IX. 557 The inspectors should have power to direct that certain parts of the machinery should be boxed off.

1869 Daily News 30 May The fronts of the galleries have been snugly boxed off .

1951 Reserve Components: Hearings before Comm. on Armed Services (U.S. House of Representatives, 82nd Congress, 1st Sess.) 910 If that Secretary is so completely boxed off from the rest of the military department that he isn't a part of it, then he can't supervise integration.

1995 M. Paterson in J. MacMillan & A. Linklater Boundaries in Question iii. xii. 214 Environmental questions cannot be neatly boxed off from other political questions.

2012 N. Bakopoulos Green Shore (2013) xxi. 119 Clustered in one corner beneath a window were a small clawfoot tub, toilet, and sink, which Sophie boxed off with Asian-themed room dividers.

3. transitive. To print (a section of text, a picture, etc.) with a border; to put or draw a square or rectangular border around (a section of text, etc.) on a page or document. Cf. sense 14.

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1902 Dry Goods Reporter 13 Sept. 78/1 The circular advertising it [sc. the sale] is set up in good shape, with the exception of two panels near the center of the sheet. Each item is boxed off to itself and I should judge that the circular was a winner.

1987 B. Murphree in R. Russo Dreams are Wiser than Men 26 The bottom half, jutting furthest out, is the calendar itself: the months printed in black and red, with the preceding and forthcoming months boxed off on either side.

2006 in S. Ellis Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises (e-book ed.) Read the first section and divide it up into beginning, middle, and end by boxing them off and labeling them.

单词	to box off
释义	> as lemmas to box off to box off Boxing. 1. intransitive. To compete in a deciding fight (for a title, to advance in a tournament, etc.). ΚΠ 1886 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 8 July Innes and Fay then came out to box off for the trophy. 1911 Scotsman 6 Apr. 9/7 Bowens..and another Scot..had to box off to enter the last round. 1952 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, Austral.) 27 Mar. 10/7 The two boys had formerly boxed off for the Marist Brothers' boxing title some months ago. 2020 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 Mar. 44 Seven of the Irish team will box off for Olympic places if they reach the quarter-finals. 2. transitive. To compete in (a deciding fight) for a title, or to advance in a tournament, etc. Frequently in passive. ΚΠ 1887 Telegraph (Brisbane) 16 Aug. 2/3 Young and Baynes made their appearance to box off the deciding heat. 1953 Irish Times 9 Oct. 3/3 A feature of the tournament will be a novice heavyweight competition. The final of the same will be boxed off next week. 2017 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 58 The remaining bouts and finals will be boxed off the following day on the Spennymoor show. extracted from boxv.¹ to box off to box off 1. transitive. Nautical. To turn (a ship) across the wind quickly by setting the foremost sails aback, so that the vessel stops and may even start to move backwards before moving forward on the new tack; = box-haul v. 1. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to go about > by specific method tack1637 boxc1710 wear1719 wore1744 to box off1745 box-haul1769 club-haul1834 1745 Remarks on Let. from on board Dreadnought 13 Here the Letter-Writer shews little Judgment as a Seaman: What he calls bringing to, to sound, was no other than the sternmost Ship taking in Stays, and bracing about her Head Sails to box her off. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. iv. 50 You must box her off. 1964 Pop. Boating July 89/1 If boxed off on the original tack, the vessel merely pays off and forward motion is maintained. 1988 A. A. Hurst Thomas Somerscales, Marine Artist 248 It did not occur to him to make fast the boarding tackles and hooks, with the result that the ships drifted apart: the Chilean by now all aback and unable to manoeuvre until she could be boxed off. 2. transitive. To partition (something) off; to enclose (something) in a box or casing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)] > into sections or compartments > by a partition dissept1657 subdivide1726 to box off1815 cabin1815 partition1818 1815 W. Wheeler Let. 26 Aug. (1951) 181 The room is boxed off, each box contains..a marble slab table. 1841 Rep. Select Comm. Act Mills & Factories 25 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 56) IX. 557 The inspectors should have power to direct that certain parts of the machinery should be boxed off. 1869 Daily News 30 May The fronts of the galleries have been snugly boxed off . 1951 Reserve Components: Hearings before Comm. on Armed Services (U.S. House of Representatives, 82nd Congress, 1st Sess.) 910 If that Secretary is so completely boxed off from the rest of the military department that he isn't a part of it, then he can't supervise integration. 1995 M. Paterson in J. MacMillan & A. Linklater Boundaries in Question iii. xii. 214 Environmental questions cannot be neatly boxed off from other political questions. 2012 N. Bakopoulos Green Shore (2013) xxi. 119 Clustered in one corner beneath a window were a small clawfoot tub, toilet, and sink, which Sophie boxed off with Asian-themed room dividers. 3. transitive. To print (a section of text, a picture, etc.) with a border; to put or draw a square or rectangular border around (a section of text, etc.) on a page or document. Cf. sense 14. ΚΠ 1902 Dry Goods Reporter 13 Sept. 78/1 The circular advertising it [sc. the sale] is set up in good shape, with the exception of two panels near the center of the sheet. Each item is boxed off to itself and I should judge that the circular was a winner. 1987 B. Murphree in R. Russo Dreams are Wiser than Men 26 The bottom half, jutting furthest out, is the calendar itself: the months printed in black and red, with the preceding and forthcoming months boxed off on either side. 2006 in S. Ellis Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises (e-book ed.) Read the first section and divide it up into beginning, middle, and end by boxing them off and labeling them. extracted from boxv.² < as lemmas
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