| 单词 | to carry a bone in her mouth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto carry a bone in her mouth h. Nautical. with a bone in her mouth (also teeth) and variants: (of a ship) travelling at speed, so as to make the water at the bows foam. Earlier also to carry a bone in her mouth. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > move swiftly crowd937 runOE boom1617 to cut a feather1627 with a bone in her mouth (also teeth)1627 snore1830 spank1835 ramp1856 to step out1884 foot1892 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 If the Bow be too broad, she will seldome carry a Bone in her mouth or cut a feather, that is, to make a fome before her. 1734 J. Serenius Dictionarium Anglo-Svethico-Latinum sig. Qqq2v/2 The ship carries a bone in Her mouth. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 257 See how she leaps..and speeds away with a bone in her mouth. 1898 Daily News 7 May 7/5 She came on under full steam, carrying ‘a bone in her teeth’ as the sailors say. 1922 Sphere 2 Sept. 244/2 Then shaking her reefs out she turned to the South, Her canvas all gleaming, a bone in her mouth. 1947 Scotsman 4 Aug. 3/2 Felma had a bone in her teeth as she crossed the finishing line in fourth place, well ahead of her own class and of many of the bigger craft. 2014 P. Taylor Irish Doctor in Peace & at War xiv. 135 One of the ships.., a sleek destroyer, rushed by with a bone in her teeth. < as lemmas |
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