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run tight ship

/ship/US // ʃɪp //UK // (ʃɪp) //

严阵以待,管好自己的事,管好自己,管好自己人

Related Words

transfer移交,转移,转转,移交工作move行动,移动,举措,搬迁dispatch派遣,派出所,派遣人员,调遣haul牵引,牵引力,搬运,牵引物export出口,输出,出口方面,出口的shift移位,转移,移,轮班transmit传递,转发,传送,传播smuggle走私,偷运,私运,夹带route航线,途径,路线,路径drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说remit汇款,汇出,职权范围,汇款方式consign寄售,托运,托付,托运货物embark乘车,乘坐飞机,乘船,乘坐火车freight运送货物,运送,运送物品,运送物资address地址,讲话,网址,讲话稿forward谈到这个ship out运出,出货,出船,发货

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
    • : Nautical. a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.Now Rare.a bark having more than three masts.Compare shipentine.
    • : the crew and, sometimes, the passengers of a vessel: The captain gave shore leave to the whole ship.
    • : an airship, airplane, or spacecraft.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shipped, ship·ping.

    • : to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.
    • : Nautical. to take in over the side, as a vessel does when waves break over it.
    • : to bring into a ship or boat.
    • : to engage for service on a ship.
    • : to fix in a ship or boat in the proper place for use.
    • : to place in proper position for rowing.Compare boat.
    • : to send away: They shipped the kids off to camp for the summer.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shipped, ship·ping.

    • : to go on board or travel by ship; embark.
    • : to engage to serve on a ship.
    • : to be sent or transported by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc.: Both packages shipped this morning.to permit of being transported by any of these means:Fresh raspberries do not ship well.
  1. 1
    • : ship out, to leave, especially for another country or assignment: He said goodbye to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.to send away, especially to another country or assignment.Informal.to quit, resign, or be fired from a job: Shape up or ship out!

Phrases

  • ship of state
  • ship out
  • ships that pass in the night
  • desert a sinking ship
  • enough to sink a ship
  • shape up (or ship out)
  • tight ship
  • when one's ship comes in

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscrimp
Synonyms
cut back缩减,削减,裁减,缩减开支skimp敷衍了事,一带而过,俭省,敷衍塞责conserve保守,保育,保养,保管curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水save拯救,保存,节省,挽救be cheap便宜,便宜点,廉价,很便宜be economical节约,经济实惠,经济,节省be frugal节俭,省吃俭用,勤俭节约,俭朴be prudent审慎,审慎行事,慎重,谨言慎行be sparing节约,节省,节约开支,节省开支cut corners偷工减料,拐弯抹角,拐弯抹角的,偷偷摸摸make ends meet入不敷出,捉襟见肘pinch pennies掐指一算,捏硬币,捏着硬币,掐尖儿run a tight ship严阵以待,管好自己的事,严于律己,管好自己stretch a dollar伸手要钱,伸手不见五指,伸手可及,伸手可得tighten one's belt勒紧裤带,勒紧腰带,勒紧裤腰带
as ineconomize
Synonyms
conserve保守,保育,保养,保管cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了scrimp吝啬,吝啬鬼,缩水,缩减manage管理,处理,管理好,治理retrench缩减,缩紧,缩减开支,缩水shepherd牧羊人,牧人,牧民,牧羊者skimp敷衍了事,一带而过,俭省,敷衍塞责stint吝啬鬼,吝惜,吝啬的,吝啬的人be frugal节俭,省吃俭用,勤俭节约,俭朴be prudent审慎,审慎行事,慎重,谨言慎行be sparing节约,节省,节约开支,节省开支cut back缩减,削减,裁减,缩减开支cut corners偷工减料,拐弯抹角,拐弯抹角的,偷偷摸摸keep within means量入为出,量力而行,量体裁衣,量力而为make ends meet入不敷出,捉襟见肘meet a budget符合预算,满足预算,符合预算的,达到预算pay one's way缴费,缴费方式,付账,缴费的方式pinch pennies掐指一算,捏硬币,捏着硬币,掐尖儿stretch a dollar伸手要钱,伸手不见五指,伸手可及,伸手可得tighten one's belt勒紧裤带,勒紧腰带,勒紧裤腰带

Examples

  • Greece responded by sending its own ships to trail Turkey’s vessels.

  • Early in Quantum Reality, Baggott likens science to a ship that travels back and forth over the “Sea of Representation” from the rocky shores of Empirical Reality to the sandy beaches of Metaphysical Reality.

  • In the Americas, there has been a series of recent attacks against oil platforms and ships in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche.

  • In the DTC world especially it seems like for whatever reason the media buyers are the ones running the ship and making a lot of decisions on strategy.

  • One module ferries the crew to the moon’s surface from a larger ship in orbit.

  • After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms.

  • Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.

  • There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.

  • Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.

  • The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.

  • A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.

  • The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.

  • It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.

  • My orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.

  • Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!

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