neaped
/neept/US // nipt //
霓虹灯,新生,新生儿,霓裳羽衣
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Nautical.
- : grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
Examples
A tide that neaped the frail bark of happiness high and dry upon the shores of black despair.
A ship grounding in a very low tide (neap) is still said to be neaped.
One was in consequence chartered, but, being neaped in the harbor of Rimouski, did not reach Metis till the 19th August.
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