英语词汇“water his hole!”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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water his (also her) hole!

P4. water his (also her) hole!: said to encourage seamen when raising an anchor (see quot. 1867). Now rare.

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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Water his hole, a saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the shank of the anchor so that the water may get down by the shank, and relieve the anchor of the superincumbent mud.

1907 F. T. Bullen Call of Deep vi. 93 ‘Heave! an' water her hole!’ ‘Oh! one time!’ and away came the anchor from its tough hold on the bottom.

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单词	water his hole!
释义	> as lemmas water his (also her) hole! P4. water his (also her) hole!: said to encourage seamen when raising an anchor (see quot. 1867). Now rare. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Water his hole, a saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the shank of the anchor so that the water may get down by the shank, and relieve the anchor of the superincumbent mud. 1907 F. T. Bullen Call of Deep vi. 93 ‘Heave! an' water her hole!’ ‘Oh! one time!’ and away came the anchor from its tough hold on the bottom. extracted from waterv. < as lemmas
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