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sternway

/sturn-wey/US // ˈstɜrnˌweɪ //UK // (ˈstɜːnˌweɪ) //

严正声明,严正申明,严密监视,严密的联系

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.

Examples

  • Suddenly, glancing up at the dim cloud of sails above, I saw that we were aback and making sternway.

  • When sufficient sternway had been gathered the engines were put to full speed ahead to check her.

  • As far as could be seen, there was now nothing for'ard to prevent the submarine gathering sternway.

  • He stopped his ship, and then backed water, making sternway to the Hartford, so as to stop her also.

  • The chief asks for the engines to be stopped; sternway is putting purchase on the binding pressure of the rudder.