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southing

/sou-thing/US // ˈsaʊ ðɪŋ //UK // (ˈsaʊðɪŋ) //

灵魂,纪念品,灵魂的力量,灵魂深处

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Astronomy. the transit of a heavenly body across the celestial meridian.south declination.
    • : movement or deviation toward the south.
    • : distance due south made by a vessel.

Examples

  • His cell looked South, and thus he could study the movements of the moon and the planets, and note the southing of the stars.

  • After the gale blew itself out, a fresh breeze succeeded, which enabled them rapidly to run down their southing.

  • But after a few weeks of content the southing spirit again seized upon the old male who had hitherto been the unquestioned leader.

  • With a southing wind blowing stiff from the icy Antarctic wastes, they “put it to her!”

  • On the 31st, to my mortification, the river held so much to the northward, that we undid almost all our southing.