英语词汇“to walk the plank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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(chiefly Nautical).

†P1.

a. to plank: to the side or gunwale of a ship. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1557 Ld. Grey in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. VI. xxxiv. 493 I caused the gunners to bring up their artillery to plank, and then shot off immediately ten or twelve times.

b. plank upon plank: with planks (on the side of a ship) fixed in two or more layers. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having planks laid on after building

plank upon plank1644

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 43 There are two kinds of furring, the one after a ship is built, to lay on an other planck upon the side of her (which is called planck upon planck).

1724 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Plank upon plank, a kind of furring, by laying another plank on the ship's side after she is built.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Plank upon plank, is when other planks are laid upon a ship's sides after she is built.

c. plank-over-plank: with the outside planks overlapping, as in a clinker-built vessel. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping

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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Border à quein, to plank a ship with clench-work, or plank over plank.

P2. to walk the plank.

a. To walk (often blindfold) along a plank placed over the side of a ship until one falls into the sea (said to be the favourite method of execution employed by pirates).

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (intransitive)] > walk the plank

to walk the plank1789

1763 S. Carolina Gaz. 16 Apr. 1/3 One [vessel] belonging to the Grenades, whose crew, being English, they obliged to walk into the sea upon a plank fixed for that purpose.

1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) Walking the Plank. A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny on ship-board, by obliging them to walk on a plank laid over the ship's side; by this means, as the mutineers suppose, avoiding the penalty of murder.]

1789 T. Clarkson Substance of Evid. of Sundry Persons on Slave-trade 14 He then asked them what they intended to have done with their slaves... They replied, ‘to make them walk the plank,’ (i.e.) to jump overboard.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xii. 281 They deserve to be made to walk the plank for their impudence.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Walking a plank, an obsolete method of destroying people in mutiny and piracy, under a plea of avoiding the penalty of murder... Also, for detecting whether a man is drunk, he is made to walk along a quarter-deck plank.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 5 Dreadful stories they were; about hanging, and walking the plank.

1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy xiv. 202 All the other boys were on the brig, about to walk the plank.

1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 17 Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank. He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop, At the end of all his crimes was forced to go ker-flip, ker-flop.

2004 Texas Monthly (Electronic ed.) Apr. Set sail for Corpus Christi April 8 for the beginning of Buccaneer Days... The mayor himself will be captured by swashbucklers and forced to walk the plank.

b. figurative. (a) to leave under compulsion, esp. to vacate an office or position under reprimand or as a scapegoat; (b) to undertake a dangerous course of action; (U.S. humorous) to get married.

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1922 T. S. Eliot Let. 22 Oct. (1988) I. 586 You will possibly observe in the list of contributors a few passengers who will have to walk the plank as soon as the ship gets out of sight of land.

1923 A. B. Wolfe Conservatism, Radicalism, & Sci. Method x. 255 These conceptions are objectionable... They should be made to walk the plank along with soul stuff and innate ideas.

1962 P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! xxi. 235 Look, my man, you just may have intended to walk the plank with Kay then. And only a lame would buy a shoe without trying it on for size.

1975 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Nov. 8 New York City is scheduled to walk the plank again with its big maturities in December—and next time, unless there is federal intervention, the city will default.

1991 Baseball World's Baseball '91 iii. 65/3 General manager Larry Doughty should be made to walk the plank for not insisting Bream be re-signed.

2004 Lansing (Mich.) State Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Sept. 6 a To keep peace in the caucus, Bryum reluctantly banished her buddy Canady for 30 days. He dutifully walked the plank, but the whole incident was proof that peace was not at hand.

单词	to walk the plank
释义	> as lemmas to walk the plank Phrases (chiefly Nautical). †P1. a. to plank: to the side or gunwale of a ship. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1557 Ld. Grey in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. VI. xxxiv. 493 I caused the gunners to bring up their artillery to plank, and then shot off immediately ten or twelve times. b. plank upon plank: with planks (on the side of a ship) fixed in two or more layers. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having planks laid on after building plank upon plank1644 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 43 There are two kinds of furring, the one after a ship is built, to lay on an other planck upon the side of her (which is called planck upon planck). 1724 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Plank upon plank, a kind of furring, by laying another plank on the ship's side after she is built. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Plank upon plank, is when other planks are laid upon a ship's sides after she is built. c. plank-over-plank: with the outside planks overlapping, as in a clinker-built vessel. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > built with planks overlapping shingled1362 clincheda1547 clincher-built1769 clinker-built1769 plank-over-plank1769 clencher-built1850 clinch-built1867 lapstreaked1883 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Border à quein, to plank a ship with clench-work, or plank over plank. P2. to walk the plank. a. To walk (often blindfold) along a plank placed over the side of a ship until one falls into the sea (said to be the favourite method of execution employed by pirates). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (intransitive)] > walk the plank to walk the plank1789 1763 S. Carolina Gaz. 16 Apr. 1/3 One [vessel] belonging to the Grenades, whose crew, being English, they obliged to walk into the sea upon a plank fixed for that purpose. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) (at cited word) Walking the Plank. A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny on ship-board, by obliging them to walk on a plank laid over the ship's side; by this means, as the mutineers suppose, avoiding the penalty of murder.] 1789 T. Clarkson Substance of Evid. of Sundry Persons on Slave-trade 14 He then asked them what they intended to have done with their slaves... They replied, ‘to make them walk the plank,’ (i.e.) to jump overboard. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xii. 281 They deserve to be made to walk the plank for their impudence. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Walking a plank, an obsolete method of destroying people in mutiny and piracy, under a plea of avoiding the penalty of murder... Also, for detecting whether a man is drunk, he is made to walk along a quarter-deck plank. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 5 Dreadful stories they were; about hanging, and walking the plank. 1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy xiv. 202 All the other boys were on the brig, about to walk the plank. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 17 Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank. He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop, At the end of all his crimes was forced to go ker-flip, ker-flop. 2004 Texas Monthly (Electronic ed.) Apr. Set sail for Corpus Christi April 8 for the beginning of Buccaneer Days... The mayor himself will be captured by swashbucklers and forced to walk the plank. b. figurative. (a) to leave under compulsion, esp. to vacate an office or position under reprimand or as a scapegoat; (b) to undertake a dangerous course of action; (U.S. humorous) to get married. ΚΠ 1922 T. S. Eliot Let. 22 Oct. (1988) I. 586 You will possibly observe in the list of contributors a few passengers who will have to walk the plank as soon as the ship gets out of sight of land. 1923 A. B. Wolfe Conservatism, Radicalism, & Sci. Method x. 255 These conceptions are objectionable... They should be made to walk the plank along with soul stuff and innate ideas. 1962 P. Crump Burn, Killer, Burn! xxi. 235 Look, my man, you just may have intended to walk the plank with Kay then. And only a lame would buy a shoe without trying it on for size. 1975 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Nov. 8 New York City is scheduled to walk the plank again with its big maturities in December—and next time, unless there is federal intervention, the city will default. 1991 Baseball World's Baseball '91 iii. 65/3 General manager Larry Doughty should be made to walk the plank for not insisting Bream be re-signed. 2004 Lansing (Mich.) State Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Sept. 6 a To keep peace in the caucus, Bryum reluctantly banished her buddy Canady for 30 days. He dutifully walked the plank, but the whole incident was proof that peace was not at hand. extracted from plankn. < as lemmas
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