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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

aground

/uh-ground/US // əˈgraʊnd //UK // (əˈɡraʊnd) //

停泊,停飞,停留,停尸

Related Words

wrecked失事的,残破的,毁坏的,残缺的ashore上岸后,上岸,岸上,在岸上stranded搁浅,搁浅的,滞留,滞留的marooned被放逐,被放逐者,被放逐的人,放逐beached搁浅,搁浅的,上岸,上岸的disabled残疾人,残疾,残障人士,残缺的high and dry高昂而干燥的,高高在上shipwrecked遇难者,沉船,遇难船,失事船只stuck卡住的,被卡住的,卡住了,困住的foundered创始人,创办人,创立,创办grounded踏实的,踏实的人,踏踏实实的,踏实reefed有礁的,有礁石的,有礁石,礁石swamped被淹没的,被淹没,被淹没了,被淹没了的

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : on or into the ground; in a stranded condition or state: The ship ran aground.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.on the bottom of
Synonyms
ashore上岸后,上岸,岸上,在岸上marooned被放逐,被放逐者,被放逐的人,放逐stranded搁浅,搁浅的,滞留,滞留的wrecked失事的,残破的,毁坏的,残缺的beached搁浅,搁浅的,上岸,上岸的disabled残疾人,残疾,残障人士,残缺的foundered创始人,创办人,创立,创办grounded踏实的,踏实的人,踏踏实实的,踏实high and dry高昂而干燥的,高高在上reefed有礁的,有礁石的,有礁石,礁石shipwrecked遇难者,沉船,遇难船,失事船只stuck卡住的,被卡住的,卡住了,困住的swamped被淹没的,被淹没,被淹没了,被淹没了的

Examples

  • Left-wing populists such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela centralized many aspects of the national economy, and other reforms ran aground because of labor opposition, corruption and other deep-rooted institutional problems.

  • This mammoth symbol of the hubris of capitalism, ran aground by a windy day — like a modern-day Titanic, if all the passengers were giant metal boxes, no one died, and everyone was on Twitter.

  • As a ship’s captain, I almost went aground in the Great Bitter Lake, as the Suez is called, after a couple of bad navigational decisions on my part, but, fortunately, my navigator saved my career with some good advice.

  • The giant vessel is afloat again after running aground in the Suez Canal last week, but it’s unclear how quickly the waterway will be completely unclogged.

  • Typically, Suez-based pilots guide the ship through the narrow passage, and the management company has said that two pilots were on board when the boat ran aground.

  • I have covered the Costa Concordia since it ran aground in 2012, and I have covered many migrant shipwrecks in Italy, too.

  • In May 1596, his expedition ran aground on the northern edge of Nova Zembla, and his ship was destroyed by moving glaciers.

  • Those who like to point out consistent themes also run aground.

  • Hillary Clinton's campaign ran aground on the shallow shoals of "electability," and now Romney's yacht has done the same.

  • Just weeks after the Costa Concordia ran aground, a liner with the same company stalled out in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean.

  • The big sloop, hard aground and full of iron ballast, was not a thing to be moved easily.

  • Some of the wherrymen will say that they could not put their craft aground if they would while sailing sideways along the mud.

  • She also got aground on a mud bank near the Jersey shore and at noon blew up.

  • That may be because some one ran aground sometime on the sand-bar off the end, and thought it deceitful.

  • On June 9, while engaged in a chase, the Gaspee ran aground, and on the night of the 10th was boarded by eight boat-loads of men.

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