round to

短语

掉头顶风停下, 船掉头顶风停下

词形变化

rounded to rounding to rounds to 三单 rounds to rounding to 现在分词 rounded to 过去式 rounded to 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To turn the head of a ship toward the wind, especially in order to drop speed.

    过时 不及物 航海 交通

    1899', Henry Billings Brown, The New York she received a signal of two blasts from the steamer Burlington, which, with four barges in tow, had gone down the Canadian side of the river, and was then rounding to at the coal dock on the American side, exhibiting her masthead and green lights to the Conemaugh.