请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 aground
释义

aground

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈgrau̇nd How to pronounce aground (audio)
1
: on the ground
planes aloft and aground
2
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
a ship run aground

Synonyms

  • beached
  • grounded
  • stranded
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The incident occurred in the same southern, single-lane stretch of the canal where a giant cargo ship, the Ever Given, ran aground for six days in March 2021, disrupting global trade. Reuters, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 One day in May 1967, Middleton warned about an impending maritime disaster; an oil tanker ran aground. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 Border patrol took 113 Haitian migrants into custody after their sailing-vessel ran aground off the coast of Florida Saturday afternoon. Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2022 In 1803, though, the U.S.S. Philadelphia ran aground near Tripoli — and its crew was taken hostage. Joel Mathis, The Week, 4 Aug. 2022 The site selection ran aground on opposition from planners and some residents who said the Buckland Road Gateway Development Zone does not permit auto businesses and exceptions would lead to more car dealerships. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2022 The legislation resembles the sprawling United States Innovation and Competition Act, the original form of the bill, which cleared the Senate last year but ran aground in the House. Amy B Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022 But now some of those waterway dreams seem set to run aground. CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 The chair was a phenomenologist named Marvin Philips, a plump man of collared shirts and timeworn corduroy who, it was rumored, had run aground in philosophy and now spent his days writing haiku. Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

aground

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈgrau̇nd How to pronounce aground (audio)
: on or onto the shore or the bottom of a body of water
The ship ran aground during the storm.

aground

adjective

as in stranded
resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • stranded
  • landed
  • beached
  • grounded
  • alongshore
  • high and dry

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • afloat
  • offshore
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 21:43:58