词汇 | heave to |
释义 | phraseheave to heave to if a ship or boat heaves to, it stops, especially by using its sails: About two miles from the coast, the ship hove to.■ SIMILAR TO: stop heave toTo turn a ship into the wind so as to stop forward motion. In this usage, the past tense of "heave" is "hove." We need to heave to with those nasty storm clouds on the horizon! heave toto stop a sailing ship by facing it directly into the wind. The captain gave the order to heave to. The ship hove to and everyone had a swim. heave tov. To steer a sailing ship directly into the wind so that it stops sailing, especially in order to face a storm or to make repairs: We hove to so that we could change the torn sail. |
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