| 单词 | to run aboard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run aboard to run aboard transitive. Nautical. Of a ship: to come very close to (another ship), generally so close as to cause damage; to collide with. Also with the commander, crew, etc., of the ship as subject. Cf. to run aboard —— at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > collide with to run foul1596 to run aboard ——?1606 to run aboard1708 to fall on board (of)1797 foul1828 1708 Boston News-let. 1 Mar. 2/2 By this time the Spaniard was up with the Trader and run him aboard. 1785 in Poet. Wks. D. Garrick II. 362 He had the courage to run him aboard on the quarter, which did him considerable damage. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xiii. 310 They miss stays, and the frigate runs them a-board! 1906 J. Masefield On Spanish Main xiv. 264 They kept too close together for the pirates to run them aboard. 1986 E. L. Beach U.S. Navy iii. 75 The alternative was to run the other ship aboard, heavy wooden hull crashing into heavy wooden hull, and grapple. 1996 P. O'Brian Yellow Admiral v. 110 She..did all she could to run us aboard. to run aboard —— to run aboard —— intransitive. Nautical. Of a ship: to come very close to (another ship), generally so close as to cause damage; to collide with. Also with the commander, crew, etc., of the ship as subject. Cf. to run aboard at Phrasal verbs 1, to run on board (of) —— at Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > collide with to run foul1596 to run aboard ——?1606 to run aboard1708 to fall on board (of)1797 foul1828 ?1606 J. Saris in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. 359 The Pinnasse ranne aboord them with such a surge, as that the water came through her sides. 1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 91. 1451 In running aboard the latter prize, the Friggot broke her head so much, that it will be this five dayes before it can be mended. 1725 T. Hearne R. Mannyng's Chron. Gloss. at Berd Readily ran aboard him. 1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies I. xvi. 155 We..were, every instant, liable to the additional peril of running aboard some neighbouring ship, and being dashed in pieces. 1866 Edinb. Rev. July 219 To make straight for the nearest ‘Monitor’, run aboard her and pierce her armour through the close fire of the rifled guns, was their intention. 1907 W. C. Russell Horatio Nelson & Naval Supremacy Eng. xix. 289 Captain Hardy, who had decided to run aboard the ship that was to starboard, ported his helm and drove towards the Redoutable. 1973 D. Pope Governor Ramage R. N. vi. 64 I was just trying to understand why two ships running aboard each other don't do something about it. Flash lanterns, fire a gun, light a false fire. 2000 C. Ware in P. Le Fevre & R. Harding Precursors of Nelson iii. 90 When the ship tried to moor her cable parted and she ran aboard another ship in the fleet. < as lemmas |
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