| 单词 | to smell the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto smell the ground b. The bottom at a point where the water becomes too shallow for a vessel, etc. to float. to take (the) ground: to run ashore, to strand. to smell the ground (see quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [verb (intransitive)] > become stranded to take (the) ground1830 society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > be aground [verb (intransitive)] > go aground ground1624 to take (the) ground1880 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 17 Thus do the hopes we haue in him, touch ground, And dash themselues to peeces. View more context for this quotation 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 299 These masses [icebergs] may sometimes take the ground in great numbers. 1875 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 374 I..fancy that I begin to ‘smell the Ground’, as Sailors say of the Ship that slackens speed as the Water shallows under her. 1880 Times 4 Aug. 12/4 The Laine, Russian barque,..took the ground on the Somersetshire side. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona Summary p. viii The Covenant took ground and sank off the coast of Mull. 1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 295 Miss..Lear heard her brother's boat take ground on the narrow beach. to smell the ground to smell the ground, of ships: see ground n. 2b.extracted from smellv.< as lemmas |
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