| 单词 | to stand at anchor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand at anchor a. intransitive. Of a ship, etc.: to be moored by means of an anchor, to ride at anchor. In later use only in to stand at anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > anchor > lie at anchor standOE ridec1300 to lay at anchor1530 hove?c1550 OE St. Eustace (Julius) in W. W. Skeat Ælfric's Lives of Saints (1900) II. 200 Þa comon hi to sæ, and þær gemetton scip standan, and hi on þæt eodon. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1021 He let his schup stonde, & ȝede to londe. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2728 Þan hiȝed þei hem to þe hauen..þer stoden fele schippes. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 2135 (MED) In the havyn..There stode shippes. 1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 231 All the next day we stood at anchor again, and took very good fish. 1788 E. Hervey Melissa & Marcia II. xiii. 63 Four ill-looking fellows jumped out of a small boat, which stood at anchor. 1884 C. Haliday Scand. Kingdom in Dublin p. lxv King Magnus's fleet stood at anchor off the northern coast to carry him to Norway. 2013 M. Gladstone Two Serpents Rise 236 Barges stood at anchor beyond the harbor's mouth. < as lemmas |
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