单词 | up-wind |
释义 | up-windadv.adj. A. adv. Contrary to the course of, against, the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards wind direction to the windc1330 to (the) windwardc1550 with the wind1577 in the wind1580 to the weatherward1589 up (the) wind1611 down (the) winda1616 windward1690 weatherly1708 up-wind1838 into the wind1918 1838 W. Scrope Art Deer-stalking 17 Deer..always run up wind. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 7 Here their fox had made his point good up-wind. 1897 S. L. Hinde Fall Congo Arabs 202 They always started up-wind from our quarters. B. adj. Occurring in a direction against the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > situated on side away from or facing wind > opposite to direction of the wind windermost1622 windward1627 windwardmost1644 up-wind1942 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 95 The aircraft should always be ditched on the upwind slope of the swell. 1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta ii. 55 The upwind end of the landing-path was a maze of bomb-holes... I was too brassed off to worry whether I pranged or not. 1980 Yachts & Yachting 29 Feb. 651/1 For upwind work, we chose to use a Navik vane. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1838 |
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