英语词汇“by the head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. by (also down by) the head.

(a) Nautical. Of a ship: with the front or bows lower in the water than the stern, typically due to being unevenly loaded. Frequently with an expression of extent, as too much by the head, etc. Cf. sense 22b, (down) by the stern at stern n.³ 2b.

ΚΠ

1662 T. Allin Jrnl. 30 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 92 He..would make his ship sail better, being too much by the head; but proved still the drag of the fleet.

1694 T. Phillips Jrnl. Voy. in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) VI. 230/2 We fill'd all the empty buts we had in the hold with salt water, and brought her somewhat more by the head.

1762 C. F. Noble Voy. E. Indies 329 Finding the ship to..lie very dead in the water, occasioned by her being a great deal too much by the head.

1836 R. B. Paul Jrnl. Tour to Moscow xv. 186 She was a fat plethoric looking boat, so much down by the head, that she put me in mind of a man about to fall forward on his nose.

1874 W. M. Davis Nimrod of Sea xviii. 208 As we were a little down by the head, we brought from the forehatch ten casks of water, and rolled them aft.

1914 Sat. Evening Post 11 July 6/1 To Kent it was becoming more and more evident that she [sc. the ship] was down by the head.

1994 A. Seligman Slope of Wind (1998) xxv. 185 If she was too much by the head, she'd be a pig to steer.

(b) colloquial (originally Nautical). Originally: †in a state of drunkenness or intoxication (obsolete). Later: mentally unbalanced, crazy. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1708 D. Defoe Rev. State Brit. Nation 8 June 170 [He] runs forward, being as the Sailors call too much by the Head, and over sets Sir William's Chair and all, and falls upon him.

1732 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Jan. 62/1 I had been drinking frequently, and I may say heartily, in the City of London, so that I was got a little too much by the Head.

1792 Bee 14 Nov. 62 Will Gasket did not fetch the playhouse with the rest of the squadron. He had got a little by the head.

1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 326/1 He kept on talking and smiling, till he could walk off without seeming as if he'd got his sabre betwixt his feet; but I fancied him a little down by the head when he did go.

1860 Times 17 Dec. 10/5 He said he was a little by the head, but not drunk.

a1941 in A. Brown Shadows & Cypress (2000) 41 She's a-little-by-the-head, so it hain't no wonder she done what she did.

单词	by the head
释义	> as lemmas by (also down by) the head d. by (also down by) the head. (a) Nautical. Of a ship: with the front or bows lower in the water than the stern, typically due to being unevenly loaded. Frequently with an expression of extent, as too much by the head, etc. Cf. sense 22b, (down) by the stern at stern n.³ 2b. ΚΠ 1662 T. Allin Jrnl. 30 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 92 He..would make his ship sail better, being too much by the head; but proved still the drag of the fleet. 1694 T. Phillips Jrnl. Voy. in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) VI. 230/2 We fill'd all the empty buts we had in the hold with salt water, and brought her somewhat more by the head. 1762 C. F. Noble Voy. E. Indies 329 Finding the ship to..lie very dead in the water, occasioned by her being a great deal too much by the head. 1836 R. B. Paul Jrnl. Tour to Moscow xv. 186 She was a fat plethoric looking boat, so much down by the head, that she put me in mind of a man about to fall forward on his nose. 1874 W. M. Davis Nimrod of Sea xviii. 208 As we were a little down by the head, we brought from the forehatch ten casks of water, and rolled them aft. 1914 Sat. Evening Post 11 July 6/1 To Kent it was becoming more and more evident that she [sc. the ship] was down by the head. 1994 A. Seligman Slope of Wind (1998) xxv. 185 If she was too much by the head, she'd be a pig to steer. (b) colloquial (originally Nautical). Originally: †in a state of drunkenness or intoxication (obsolete). Later: mentally unbalanced, crazy. Now rare. ΚΠ 1708 D. Defoe Rev. State Brit. Nation 8 June 170 [He] runs forward, being as the Sailors call too much by the Head, and over sets Sir William's Chair and all, and falls upon him. 1732 Proc. Old Bailey 14 Jan. 62/1 I had been drinking frequently, and I may say heartily, in the City of London, so that I was got a little too much by the Head. 1792 Bee 14 Nov. 62 Will Gasket did not fetch the playhouse with the rest of the squadron. He had got a little by the head. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 326/1 He kept on talking and smiling, till he could walk off without seeming as if he'd got his sabre betwixt his feet; but I fancied him a little down by the head when he did go. 1860 Times 17 Dec. 10/5 He said he was a little by the head, but not drunk. a1941 in A. Brown Shadows & Cypress (2000) 41 She's a-little-by-the-head, so it hain't no wonder she done what she did. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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