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单词 tiller
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tiller


firm hand on the tiller

Full control over a situation. I felt comfortable knowing that even during this difficult time, he had a firm hand on the tiller.See also: firm, hand, on, tiller

steady hand on the tiller

Full control over a situation. I felt comfortable knowing that even during this difficult time, he had a steady hand on the tiller.See also: hand, on, steady, tiller

a steady hand on the tiller

BRITISHIf you have a steady hand on the tiller, you are keeping control of a situation in a calm and reliable way. `If ever there was an urgent need for a steady hand on the tiller, it is now,' said one European diplomat. Note: Adjectives such as firm can be used instead of steady. He was convinced that the job of those in power was to keep a firm hand on the tiller guiding the course of national development. Note: In a boat, the tiller is the handle with which you steer. See also: hand, on, steady, tiller

at the ˈhelm/ˈtiller

in control of an organization, etc: The company began to make profits again with the new managing director at the helm.A helm or a tiller is used for controlling the direction of a ship or a boat.See also: helm, tiller

tiller


tiller

1 Nautical a handle fixed to the top of a rudderpost to serve as a lever in steering it

tiller

21. a shoot that arises from the base of the stem in grasses 2. a less common name for sapling

Tiller

 

a lever attached to the upper part of the rudder stock and used to turn the rudder. Tillers may have a single arm parallel to the vessel’s longitudinal axis or two arms perpendicular to the vessel’s longitudinal axis. Some tillers have the shape of a quadrant and are equipped with a cable or gear drive. Tillers are principally used on small vessels.

tiller

[′til·ər] (botany) A shoot that develops from an axillary or adventitious bud at the base of a stem. (naval architecture) A lever attached to the rudder of a boat or ship and used to turn the rudder from side to side, usually turned by hand in a boat and by mechanical devices in a ship.

tiller


tiller

a branch that forms from the base of a plant or the axils of the lower leaves. Such ‘tillering’ is common in cereal plants.
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Synonyms for tiller

noun a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

Related Words

  • shoot

noun someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)

Related Words

  • farmer
  • granger
  • husbandman
  • sodbuster

noun lever used to turn the rudder on a boat

Related Words

  • lever
  • rudder

noun a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)

Synonyms

  • cultivator

Related Words

  • farm machine
  • harrow

verb grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

Synonyms

  • stool

Related Words

  • acquire
  • develop
  • produce
  • grow
  • get
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