单词 | to ride at anchor |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride at (also †at an, †on, †to an) anchor a. to ride at (also †at an, †on, †to an) anchor. extracted from ridev. (a) Of a ship, etc.: to lie or float at anchor. ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 1883 Sægenga bad age[n]dfrean, se þe on ancre rad. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 30 Þonne þæt scyp ungetæslicost on ancre rit and seo sæ hreohost byð. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1136 (MED) This grete Schip on Anker rod. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 6048 (MED) He þe shypmen preyid hertyly..To rydyn on ankyr a whyl þer-by. ?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 15 A man that ridith in the way of odierene at an ankre. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iv. f. 102 The tempest shaked the shyppes of Burthen that rode at Anchor. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 129 The enemies fleet riding easily at an anker. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1629) 56 Long they shot, we still ryding at an anchor without there reatch. 1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 4 The next day we likewise rode at anchor. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 276 We rid fast at an Anchor. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 185 He sees a stately vessel ride At anchor in a bay. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. x. 160 A schooner riding to an anchor in the bay. 1927 Travel Nov. 26/2 In the harbor of Colombo the old junks of the East ride at anchor side by side with the great ocean liners of the Occident. 1972 D. Tangye Cottage on Cliff viii. 108 By nightfall, I was sure, there would be several boats riding at anchor within sight of Penzance's promenade. 1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) xiv. 172 Jenni concentrates on a large yacht with a blue sail cover which rides at anchor in the marina. (b) figurative. To rest securely; to be safe and secure. Now rare. ΚΠ ?c1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 238 My prettie pinnage..Som rakless roig may hasard hir to ryde..at ane anker in the night. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxix. 291 Ride we first at Anker, though a roomesome Sea we haue, To listen Staffords Comforts which to Elenor he gaue. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. iii. 564 Their souls ride at anker safely, in the Sea of this world. ?1775 Citizen’s Daughter i. v. 29 Madam,..I will confess to you, that you are the haven, in which I should chuse to ride at anchor. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. iii. 69 This..snug little road-stead, where I thought to ride at anchor for life. 1875 Chronicle (U.S.) 21 Oct. 257/2 These companies determine to ride at anchor until the storm of folly has passed. 1904 H. Church Poems 93 Does he see Our Summer calm of plenty, peace, old age Riding at anchor to its children's love? < as lemmas |
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