| 单词 | midships |
| 例句 | At midships Lefty slouched in a brace of bachelors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They were high and graceful canoes with curving bow and stern and a braced section midships where a mast could be stepped to carry a small lateen sail. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigation identified that the major factors contributing to the structural failure included the way the cargo was loaded - putting pressure on the midships section - and a lack of repairs in recent years. 'Cost-cutting' before ship's sinking 2013-06-12T06:34:31Z Her masts and funnels went by the board, flames burst from her for'ard, 'midships, and aft, while with her engines disabled she dropped slowly astern. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The same route was available for first-class passengers forward of midships on B, C, and E decks. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Once the Merrimac struck her near midships, but only to prove that the battery could not be run down nor shot down. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z There were, consequently, two funnels: one about midships, the other immediately behind the foremast. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z This done, we again sprang at our ugly customer, he at the bow, and I about midships. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z There was a barrier about the spot where the quarter-deck and midships joined. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Coming to a halt, the divisions faced midships, banked on each side of the quarter-deck. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z As they set grimly to work readying their weapons, a row of longboats along midships was unlashed and quietly lowered over the side. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z While speaking she has started up from the stern, and is making for 'midships. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z We decided to set the brief on fire in three places—forward, aft, and in midships—and we lost no time in making our preparations. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The last I saw of her, absolutely wrecked alow and aloft, her whole midships blazing and fuming. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z While speaking she has started up from the stern, and is making for ’midships. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z He moved to the railing at midships and reached down to help Katherine up the rope ladder. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The water shot across her 'midships three feet deep, and foaming like a Highland burn in spate. H.M.S. —— For the Galatea had parted in midships, and was settling down into those black waters where, here and there, the white surf on the wave-crests was seen with ghastly clearness in the murky gloom. Little Miss Joy I saw some of the crew of the ’midships gun struggling in the water, and took it that they must have been blown there. Sea-Hounds This was three feet long and six inches broad in its midships diameter. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror By the time their longboat was hoisted up over the side and lashed midships, Morris had retreated to safety with his men. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z We had been struck a glancing blow abaft midships but the damage was not serious enough to sink us. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew I'll attach it; and when it bursts I'll try to get back and grab that ring on the midships exit port, and you can let me in when we get to the surface. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The clouds of black smoke and steam rising ’midships made it impossible to see what was going on there. Sea-Hounds For running before the wind, separate lines are used, two in number, as illustrated, and the amount of helm is governed by the distance away from midships that the lead is moved. Boys' Book of Model Boats Directly ahead, two longboats were being towed in through the surf—wide, hulking forms in the dim light, with sails furled and rows of oarsmen midships. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z A little aft of “midships” a pyramidal lump of fatty substance projected several feet above the line of the vertebras. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea A boat comes sweeping down the river crowded with Malays, a white flag waving from its stern, seven paddles flashing on either side, and an array of white umbrellas midships. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo “I saw the captain waving encouragement from the bridge to the crew of the midships guns, and, when the noise died down for a moment, I heard him shout, ‘You’ve got her! Sea-Hounds From her midships section smoke, in immense black clouds, was pouring. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Another moment and the pursuing yacht struck the other midships, cutting her almost to the waterline. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story They saw before them the “gig” of the slaver; and, standing “midships” in the boat,—just half-way between stem and stern,—they saw the captain of that ill-starred, ill-fated vessel! The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Thick planks on the decks, in midships, between the hatchways. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The bridge was above the main weight of that blow, but ’midships and aft I saw men bracing themselves against a knee-deep stream. Sea-Hounds We lit our pipes and lay back watching a moon of silvered steel poised 'midships in a cloudless sky. Pâkia 1901 On this occasion, the sharp edge of the rock struck the vessel about midships aft of the paddle-boxes. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands All the crew assemble on the quarterdeck, the offender midships. From Lower Deck to Pulpit That part of the ship's hull which is abaft the midships or dead-flat, as seen from astern. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One of the guns of the ’midships turret had a sickly droop to it, but the other three turrets were blazing away as merry as ever. Sea-Hounds A dozen spare muskets which he had carefully looked to and loaded were arranged, some aft, others midships and forward. The Three Lieutenants We decided to set the brig on fire in three places—forward, aft, and in midships—and we lost no time in making our preparations. For Treasure Bound She was greatly damaged, both in hull and rigging; the spar-deck and forecastle being swept away, and her main deck blown up in midships, very possibly through the explosion of her boilers. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure The extent of the midships, or dead flat, with the thickness of the bottom plank included. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Just then another salvo was plastered a-straddle of us, and I saw a fragment of shell knock the sight-setter of the midships gun out of his seat. Sea-Hounds Then he and his friend, Comanche, lowered one of the ship's boats on the starboard side, where it was sheltered from the sight of the enemy by the deck cabins just abaft the midships. Frontier Boys in Frisco Finally he gave his verdict: "From midships aft she looks as trim as a liner, but from midships for'ard she looks scousy, like a Norwegian tramp after a v'yage round The Horn." Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Powderman near the midships, and on the left of the gun. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. The fore and after bodies are similar in form from midships. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There was one fire flickerin’ in the wreckage o’ the forebridge, an’ another somewhere ’midships, while there was also a big glare throwin’ up where the foremost funnel was shot away. Sea-Hounds Ariadne to collide at midships with the Burrawalla, and, moreover, so to damage her that Cardo's berth and those of the three other inmates of his cabin would alone be disturbed by the necessary repairs. By Berwen Banks It was seen at once that the vessels would both strike about midships. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century The mast, which is very taunt, or lofty, supports a lug-sail of immense size, and is stepped exactly in midships, that is, at the same distance from both ends of the canoe. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels By manual gear the helm was moved from midships to hard a-starboard in 40 sec., from starboard to hard a-port in 2 min. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 The funny part of it was that it was not the ’midships section of her, where the mouldie hit, that seemed to be lifted by the explosion. Sea-Hounds About midships on each lighter was a store-room, one of which was occupied by the clerk who accompanied the launch. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians They took him fore, and aft, and midships. Around The Tea-Table The hull from water line falls in as shown, so as to describe at midships an arc of 4 feet 6 inches, and a circular deck of ⅛ inch plate is riveted on the hull. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 The rudder chains rattled in their fair-leaders, and presently we were steaming along, with the torpedo craft a score of yards off our midships. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" She’d have caught us just about midships if the bridge hadn’t sighted her an’ done the only thing open to do—turned to meet her head on. Sea-Hounds The ship is completely belted with Creusot steel armor, which varies in thickness from 9 in. forward to 17� in. midships. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 The bow was guard duty; the steering was light duty; the midships off duty. Overland All engine control was by telephone, with the engine-room which lay a little aft of midships. The Flying Legion According to a report from Burke, the water came in forward, aft, and midships. The Adventures of Captain Horn For the present, I, in flamboyant shirt, paddled in the bow, while Iglesias, similarly glowing, sat à la Turque midships among the traps. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Many of the sails lay midships across the vessels; and the ships were not made fast to each other, but they lay side by side. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Mr. Neugass bent to his tired angle, nightshirt striking him midships as it were, the two dim white women creeping after. Star-Dust Despite every effort of the will, he kept mentally reverting to the midships port stateroom containing the woman. The Flying Legion Mulready dropped into it and threw himself sullenly upon the midships thwart. The Black Bag The midships tent, which shielded the rowers from the glare of the strong light, was striped with red and blue. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age He ran to the gangway in time to see the wire carried up to a great height by the ball from the mortar settling down across the Little Peace Maker about midships. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War She was crouching midships of the canoe and, seemingly, was not bound. Darkness and Dawn Adv. in the middle; midway, halfway; midships†, amidships, in medias res. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The high prow, the mast, now bare, and her round midships roof, bright golden-thatched with leaves of the edible bamboo, came moving quiet as some enchanted boat in a calm. Dragon's blood The sound was succeeded by a chorus of screams and yells; the contents of both guns had struck the boat fairly midships, and she sank almost instantly. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic They spent a good part of the day watching the hapless flat-boat, resting midships on the dam, the forward end in the air and the stern taking in the turbid Sangamon water. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Across the bow and the stern are stays of cane, with generally a stronger thwart midships. Confessions of a Beachcomber Then, when she reached midships and the foremost fiend was almost upon her, the mightiest of all the billows descended and swept her off into the cruel waters. Merton of the Movies It made the ship sway an' rock fearful but they hung on 'midships, an' clung t' the handle that stuck up like a top mast. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The effect, therefore, was that of an ironclad citadel built on the midships of a submerged Page 87 frigate's hull. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Lingaard, too old to labour at the sweeps, had been surgeon, undertaker, and midwife of the huddled captives in the open midships. The Jacket (Star-Rover) |
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