| 单词 | to make foul water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make foul water foul water n. Nautical muddy water, created by a ship's keel running close to the bottom in shallows and churning up sand, etc., through its motion; also in to make foul water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > sail in shoal water to make foul water1653–4 shoal1803 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 44 Fowle water is when she comes into shallow water where shee raises the sand or ose with her way. 1653–4 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 132 [The ship]..made fowle water by striking as she passed over the Riffe. 1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Transl. French Terms Eau changée, foul water; or water whose colour is changed by approaching the shore, or otherwise. 1881 Naval Encycl. 463/2 A ship makes foul water when the water is so shallow that her keel stirs up the mud. 1982 L. Lind Sea Jargon 98/1 Make foul water, to stir the mud on the seabed with the ship's keel or propellers. < as lemmas |
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