| 单词 | to walk the quarter-deck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk the quarter-deck P7. Nautical. to walk the deck (also to walk the quarter-deck): to walk up and down the deck of a ship, esp. (of an officer) as a privilege of rank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > walk about on quarterdeck to walk the quarter-deck1707 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 7 It must be a great Change of Weather indeed, when he deigns to walk the Quarter-Deck. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xvi. 149 Edward, who walk'd the deck apart. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Heart of Bruce in Poems v The good Lord Douglas walk'd the deck. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World (1988) ii. 65 Many of those with an unquestioned right to walk the quarter deck, such as the master and his mates, had no uniform to put on. 2001 J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand cxi. 631 Castoff—9:16 p.m. Light wind. Course south-southeast... Pete walked the deck. < as lemmas |
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