| 单词 | to take the beach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take the beach b. Nautical. The shore, any part of the coastline off which a ship is at anchor; hence on the beach, ashore; retired (the beach = land, civilian life); to take the beach, to go on shore leave. By extension on the beach is used to mean ‘beachcombing, unemployed’; also (occasionally) penniless, ‘broke’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [verb (intransitive)] > be on leave furlough1892 to take the beach1903 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] sea-warthc888 sea-rimOE sea-strandc1000 sandc1275 rive1296 bankc1350 sea-banka1375 sea-coasta1400 coastc1400 warthc1450 ripec1475 landsidec1515 seashore1526 banksidec1540 brinish brink1594 shorea1616 ore1652 outland1698 sea beach1742 table-shore1849 playa1898 treaty coast1899 treaty shore1901 beach1903 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [phrase] > retired on the beach1937 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retired retiredc1598 emerited1664 ret.1767 emeritus1794 ret'd1826 on the beach1937 1903 J. London People of Abyss xi. 127 England is always crowded with sailormen on the beach. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 71 The head of the Officer of the Watch appeared... ‘Wake up, you Weary Willies. There's a boat to the beach at seven-bells.’ 1916 ‘Ward-room’ H.M.S. ii. 29 The captain and the commander had ‘taken the beach’ for the afternoon. 1923 Daily Mail 15 May 8 Hundreds of the trawlermen to-day find themselves ‘on the beach’, owing to the distressed condition of the fishing industry. 1925 ‘Bartimeus’ Great Security iii. §2. 181 Hitherto he had been accustomed to view ‘the Beach’ as an incident in his normal life, an environment that asked nothing of him and gave nothing in return. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 11 Jan. in Performing Flea (1953) 30 The world is full of poor devils on the brink of being chucked out of jobs and put on the beach. 1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter ii. § i. 99 You on the beach, kid?…On the bum?…What I mean to say, kid—have you got any money? 1937 W. S. Churchill Great Contemp. 336 The somewhat pathetic appeal of a retired officer mouldering on the beach. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。