| 单词 | by the lee |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to bring, fall) by the lee b. Nautical phrases. †at lee: (a) windbound; (b) under shelter. †(to bring, fall) by the lee: to leeward; also figurative. †(to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee: with sails aback. on, under (the) lee: to leeward = alee adv. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] > windbound at lee1597 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on the sheltered side beneath, under the lee (of)c1540 on, upon, to (the) leeward (ofc1550 (to bring, fall) by the lee1597 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > aback at staysa1586 (to bring, lay, lie) upon the lee1597 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 The ship on hull, the helme on lee. 1607 J. Marston What you Will ii. i, in Wks. (1856) I. 238 Shoot him through and through with a jest; make him lye by the lee. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bouter vent en penne, to bring a ship vpon the Lee. a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 7 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) The Thunder..by the negligence of her Master, was at Lee in the Thames. 1630 J. Taylor Fight at Sea in Wks. iii. 34/2 They..passed from vs to lay their ships by the Lee. a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 507/1 The Ship lay upon the Lee; and..the Master called with the Whistle to fill the Sails. 1666 London Gaz. No. 59/2 An Hollands Man of War..whom she fought very bravely, and at last brought by the Lee, but had not Men enough to board her. 1667 London Gaz. No. 120/1 One of them..was so warmly received with a broadside, that he immediately fell by the Lee. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 79 A Ship lies by the Lee, that is, has all her sails lying flat against the Masts and Shrouds. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) To leeward, ‘We saw a fleet under the lee’, and, ‘We saw a fleet to-leeward’, are synonimous expressions. 1825 A. Cunningham Wet Sheet & Flowing Sea (song) i Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 171 Yonder her nearest coast fate wills thee to leave on the lee. < as lemmas |
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