| 单词 | to lay the land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay the land a. Nautical. †to take land: to come to land; to land, go ashore. land to: just within sight of land, when at sea. †to raise land: to sail with the land just within sight. to lay the land: to lose sight of land. †to set (the) land: to take the bearings of land. land ho! a cry of sailors when first sighting land. land shut in (see quot. 1753). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > reach land or port arrivec1275 to take landc1330 uprive1338 to run up?c1450 land1748 society > travel > travel by water > [interjection] > cry on sighting land land ho!c1330 land toc1330 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > set out on a voyage > sail beyond sight of land to lay the landc1330 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > take a sight or observation > take bearings of the land to set (the) landc1330 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail along or near coast > sail within sight of land to raise landc1330 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 59 Whan þe kyng wist, þat þei had taken land. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 551 Quhill thai..On vest half, toward dunfermlyne, Tuk land. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 528 They..aryuyd at the porte of Marseyle there they toke londe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Surgir, to arriue, take land, goe ashore. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 43 One to the top to looke out for land, the man cries out Land to; which is iust so farre as a kenning, or a man may..see the land. And to lay a land is to saile from it iust so farre as you can see it. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 28 We hull'd off, North North-East, but still raised land. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 21 When we set Land, some this, some that do guess. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Land shut in, at sea. When another point of land hinders the sight of that which a ship came from, then they say the land is shut in. Setting the Land, at sea, is observing by the compass how it bears. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Terre qui fuit, double-land, or land shut-in behind a cape or promontory. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iv. 8 A man on the forecastle called out ‘Land ho!’ < as lemmas |
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