单词 | unnautical |
释义 | unnauticaladj. Not nautical; not in accordance with usual nautical practice; not characteristic of seafaring or sailors. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > characteristic of (good) sailor > not unseamanlike1726 unnautical1780 lubberly1795 unsailorlike1841 lubberlike1851 unsailorly1883 land-lubbing1885 1780 Whitehall Evening-post 9–11 Mar. Is it not unnautical to neglect a self-evident, experienced, infallible Means of Safety, when offered? 1855 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes (ed. 3) xvi. 415 His great rough hands fumbling the small tapes into all sorts of un-nautical knots. 1923 J. Hornell Indian Boat Designs 150 A square sail as unnautical in shape as an inland tailor would cut. 2001 Islands Nov. 157/1 Enjoy the remarkably unnautical decor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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。