| 单词 | to stand off and on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand off and on to stand off and on Nautical. Now rare. extracted from standv. intransitive. To main contact with another vessel, the shore, etc., by sailing away from and then towards it; to sail on alternate tacks. Cf. main sense 41b, off and on adv. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > sail towards or away from shore alternately to stand off and on1600 to stand on and off1778 on-and-off1823 1600 F. Pretty in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 823 We fel in sight of the yland of S. Helena, seuen or eight leagues short of it, hauing but a small gale of winde, or almost none at all: insomuch as we could not get vnto it that day, but stood off and on all that night. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 58 The weather made it dangerous to supply their ships by standing off and on. 1855 H. J. Rogers Amer. Code Marine Signals (ed. 2) 113/1 We shall stand off and on till the following hour. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World (1994) 76 Jack thought it most probable that by making Cape St Roque and there standing off and on he would either find her on her way south or at least have news of her. < as lemmas |
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