| 单词 | stow |
| 释义 | stow I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete < his eye had stowed her in his heart — William Warner > b. < stowed the patient in the hospital emergency room > 2. obsolete < there stows his treasure — Edward Young > 3. a. < small buildings where fishermen stowed their gear — S.T.Williamson > < grabs the sheep and stows it in the tucker-bag — William Power > — often used with away < taking his hat off, and wiping his head with the handkerchief stowed away in its crown — Mary S. Broome > b. obsolete < the mariners all under hatches stowed — Shakespeare > c. < stow the jib > 4. a. < the cargo was stowed in a thoroughly workmanlike … manner — F.W.Crofts > < went on stowing cigarettes on the shelf — David Ballantyne > b. < six warships … stowed to the hatches with scientific gear — Julian Dana > 5. slang < those … not asking questions told those who were to stow it, and give the lieutenant a chance — Frances & Richard Lockridge > 6. a. archaic < compared his mind to the magazine of a pawnbroker, stowed with goods of every description — Sir Walter Scott > b. < the more of this heavenly food you can stow away, the more you are admired — Hugh Cave > c. intransitive verb < a stout rope ladder … which stows neatly in a box on the floor — P.W.Kearney > < the anchor stows at the hawsepipe — A.M.Knight > Synonyms: see set II. Scot & dialect England III. obsolete IV. V. |
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