英语词汇“in irons”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

in irons

1Having the feet or hands fettered.He, therefore, decreed that the stranger be brought before him shackled in irons....

Ned took off their gunbelts and secured them in irons.
They caught us trying to get back on the ship like nothing had happened, and we wound up in irons.

2(Of a sailing vessel) stalled head to wind and unable to come about or tack either way.But as it has such high windage on the hull alone, that if you try putting her in irons [head to wind], she'll start moving backwards quite fast.

See parent entry: iron

单词	in irons
释义	in irons 1Having the feet or hands fettered.He, therefore, decreed that the stranger be brought before him shackled in irons.... Ned took off their gunbelts and secured them in irons. They caught us trying to get back on the ship like nothing had happened, and we wound up in irons. 2(Of a sailing vessel) stalled head to wind and unable to come about or tack either way.But as it has such high windage on the hull alone, that if you try putting her in irons [head to wind], she'll start moving backwards quite fast. See parent entry: iron
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