单词 | weather-bound |
释义 | weather-boundadj. Detained by bad weather; prevented by stress of weather from sailing, travelling, or other outdoor activity. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > detained by bad weather storm-stayed1491 storm-stead1513 wintered1556 wind-bound1588 weather-bound1590 water-bound1776 ice-bound1822 snowed-up1836 fog-logged1846 snowed-in1904 1590 R. Ferris Most Dangerous Aduenture B 1 There we were wether bound, and constrained to stay full seuenteene dayes. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 334 The messenger who carried those Letters, being weather bound and sea-beaten, could not come so soone. 1667 London Gaz. No. 193/4 The Fleet of Colliers that lay here weather~bound, are now under sail for the Thames. 1726 R. Gale in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 187 I lye weatherbound here by a deep snow. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xvii. 346 Two young Americans..were in the house, equally weather-bound with ourselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1590 |
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