英语词汇“to take aback”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 (in passive). Nautical. Of a sail: to be suddenly pressed back against the mast or filled from the opposite side, preventing forward progress. Of a sailing vessel or its crew: to have one's progress hindered in this way. Cf. aback adv. 3.A sail may be taken aback either through bad steering or a change in the wind.

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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > have sails caught by contrary wind

to take aback1730

1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 111 The fore-top sail may be taken aback [Fr. le petit hunier prenne vent devant].

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vii. 215 We were obliged to ply on and off..and were frequently taken aback.

1796 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. xxxix At ¼ past 8 taken flat aback with a strong wind and a high sea from the N.E.b.E.

1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 184 Should the wind head, or neglect on the part of the helmsman cause the ship to be taken aback..a musket should be immediately fired from abaft.

1870 Daily News Sept. 16 This proves to my mind that the Captain was taken as flat aback as could be by a squall striking her from starboard.

1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean xi. 176 A manta the size of a billiard-table planed out of the sea and fell with a slap like a mainsail taken aback.

2006 T. Grundner Midshipman Prince i. 7 They were cruising along on topsails, but by turning directly into the wind, the sails would be taken aback.

2. transitive (chiefly in passive). To surprise, to shock; to discomfit.Originally a figurative use of sense 1.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]

gloppena1250

abavea1400

ferlya1400

forferlya1400

supprisec1405

stonish1488

surprend1549

stagger1556

thunderbolta1586

admire1598

startle1598

thunderstrike1613

siderate1623

dumbfound1653

surprise1655

stammer1656

strange1657

astartlea1680

dumbfounder1710

knock1715

to take aback1751

flabbergast1773

to take back1796

stagnate1829

to put aback1833

to make (a person) sit up1878

to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884

transmogrify1887

rock1947

to flip out1964

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. ii. 14 Some of those little fellows that hold their heads high, would be taken all aback, as the saying is.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. ix. 266 I was so taken aback with the sudden appearance and address of this beautiful vision, that I knew not what to say.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liii. 262 I never saw a man appear much more ‘taken aback’, as the sailors say.

1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xvii. 282 When I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback.

1932 H. Ashton Bricks & Mortar iii. 67 Letty herself looked taken aback, but not so shaken as he was.

1990 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 250/1 But when I hear it now, it takes me aback and I go, Oh, they're talking about the old me.

2005 Independent 1 Mar. (Review section) 8/5 While the results did not surprise Weinstock..a few of his colleagues were taken aback.

单词	to take aback
释义	> as lemmas to take aback to take aback 1. transitive (in passive). Nautical. Of a sail: to be suddenly pressed back against the mast or filled from the opposite side, preventing forward progress. Of a sailing vessel or its crew: to have one's progress hindered in this way. Cf. aback adv. 3.A sail may be taken aback either through bad steering or a change in the wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > have sails caught by contrary wind to take aback1730 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 111 The fore-top sail may be taken aback [Fr. le petit hunier prenne vent devant]. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vii. 215 We were obliged to ply on and off..and were frequently taken aback. 1796 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. xxxix At ¼ past 8 taken flat aback with a strong wind and a high sea from the N.E.b.E. 1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 184 Should the wind head, or neglect on the part of the helmsman cause the ship to be taken aback..a musket should be immediately fired from abaft. 1870 Daily News Sept. 16 This proves to my mind that the Captain was taken as flat aback as could be by a squall striking her from starboard. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean xi. 176 A manta the size of a billiard-table planed out of the sea and fell with a slap like a mainsail taken aback. 2006 T. Grundner Midshipman Prince i. 7 They were cruising along on topsails, but by turning directly into the wind, the sails would be taken aback. 2. transitive (chiefly in passive). To surprise, to shock; to discomfit.Originally a figurative use of sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] gloppena1250 abavea1400 ferlya1400 forferlya1400 supprisec1405 stonish1488 surprend1549 stagger1556 thunderbolta1586 admire1598 startle1598 thunderstrike1613 siderate1623 dumbfound1653 surprise1655 stammer1656 strange1657 astartlea1680 dumbfounder1710 knock1715 to take aback1751 flabbergast1773 to take back1796 stagnate1829 to put aback1833 to make (a person) sit up1878 to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884 transmogrify1887 rock1947 to flip out1964 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. ii. 14 Some of those little fellows that hold their heads high, would be taken all aback, as the saying is. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. ix. 266 I was so taken aback with the sudden appearance and address of this beautiful vision, that I knew not what to say. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liii. 262 I never saw a man appear much more ‘taken aback’, as the sailors say. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xvii. 282 When I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback. 1932 H. Ashton Bricks & Mortar iii. 67 Letty herself looked taken aback, but not so shaken as he was. 1990 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 250/1 But when I hear it now, it takes me aback and I go, Oh, they're talking about the old me. 2005 Independent 1 Mar. (Review section) 8/5 While the results did not surprise Weinstock..a few of his colleagues were taken aback. extracted from takev. < as lemmas
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