单词 | steerageway |
释义 | steerageway (once / 319441 pages) n WORD FAMILY steerageway USAGE EXAMPLES“She had no steerageway on her; and you might as well keep out of the storm. Hill, Grace Brooks, The Corner House Girls on a Housebo...(2012) We had enough steerageway to drift over your position after a few turns of the screws down by the reef passage. Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland), The Wailing Octopus(2010) The word was given to “slow down,” and the speed of the big ships decreased until they had barely steerageway. Otis, James, The Boys of '98(2010) n (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered Hyper speed, velocity distance travelled per unit time |
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