单词 | to go high |
释义 | > as lemmasto go high d. intransitive. With adjective or adverb complement. Of the sea: to move with a specified type of current or wave. Esp. in to go high. Cf. to run high at high adv. Phrases 5. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > have or be in specific kind of motion [verb (intransitive)] go1565 cocker1669 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 108 Through the often chaunge of the tydes, he had perceyued that the Seas wente rougher there. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xxvi. f. 65 The winde was so great and the Seas went so high, that there was no tarrieng for him with his shippes. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Maides Trag. i. sig. C3 The sea goes hie, Boreas has rais'd a storme. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 36 There went a..great Surfe. The Sea still went very loftie. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 7 The Sea..went very high. ?1775 Curiosities Nat. & Artific. VI. 39 The many strong tides..make the sea go very high upon the least contrary wind. 1841 J. de Lomba Let. 30 June in Corr. Brit. Commissioners relating to Slave Trade (1843) 120 The vessel was near going on shore.., it blowing just then very hard from the north-east and the sea going high. 1969 H. A. Werner Iron Coffins i. 33 The ocean went high, the wind swept hard. < as lemmas |
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