| 单词 | to range up | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto range up  d.  intransitive. Originally Nautical. Of a ship: to take up a certain position. Also in extended use, esp. of a racehorse. Also  to range up, and transitive: to position (a ship, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > 			[verb (intransitive)]		 > take up position or assemble (of ships) to stand up1585 range1599 1599    in  R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations 		(new ed.)	 III. 565  				We in the Content bare vp with their viceadmiral, and (ranging along by his broad side aweather of him) gaue him a voley of muskets and our great ordinance. 1709    London Gaz. No. 4521/2  				The Comodore..came ranging along our Larboard-side. 1797    Ld. Nelson in  A. Duncan Life 		(1806)	 41  				The Excellent ranged up within two feet of the San Nicholas. 1824    R. Stevenson Acct. Bell Rock Light-house iii. 155  				When another sea came, she [sc. the ship] ranged up against it with great force. 1841    R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 79  				[A ship] may be ranged a little ahead, or deadened, by filling or backing the cross-jack yards. 1853    Times 8 Feb. 6/1  				An English vessel came to range herself near the American privateer. 1855    J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I.  i. ii. 196  				Ten English vessels..ranging up..as close to the shore as was possible, opened their fire. 1928    Times 14 Feb. 7/6  				The Indiaman ranged up alongside the frigate and demanded her surrender. 1929    Evening Post 		(Wellington, N.Z.)	 16 Sept. 6  				Laughing Prince went up to Admiral Drake, and Vertigern also ranged up. 1986    N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World 		(1988)	 vi. 236  				The Penguin..found herself chased by two French thirty-six-gun frigates, which..ranged up on either side. 1993    Racing Post 8 Aug. 3/2  				Even when favourite Femme Savante ranged up over two furlongs out with a line of horses closing in, Piggott could be seen waiting to ask the leader for a final effort. < as lemmas  | 
	
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